From: Completeness of hepatitis, brucellosis, syphilis, measles and HIV/AIDS surveillance in Izmir, Turkey
Disease | WHO serological criteria [3] | Additional criteria and relevance |
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Hepatitis A | IgM anti-HAV positive (acute) | - |
Hepatitis B | HBsAg positive (unspecified) or IgM anti-HBc positive (acute) | Total anti-HBc positive when IgM Anti-HBc not tested HBV-DNA positive |
Hepatitis C | anti-HCV positive (acute and unspecified combined) | HCV-confirmation positive HCV-RNA positive, showing also infectivity |
Brucellosisa | Brucella agglutination titre (e.g., standard tube agglutination > 160) or ELISA (IgA, IgG, IgM), 2-ME (confirmed) | Rose-Bengal test, due to its use as a screening test (probable) |
Syphilis | RPR or VDRL confirmed by TPHA or FTA | - |
Measlesb | Specific IgM antibodies | - |
HIV infection | HIV positive serology (ELISA), confirmation | HIV-RNA positive |