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Every Statement of Principles covering infections and tropical disease: 20 conditions, 200 legislated factors between them. Each one links through to the full factor list, and to an example report where we have written one.
A claim for any of these is decided against its Statement of Principles. At least one factor has to be met, and connected to your service. Reasonable Hypothesis applies to operational service; Balance of Probabilities to peacetime.
Acute infectious mononucleosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acute infectious mononucleosis means an illness caused by infection with the Epstein-Barr virus, accompanied by laboratory evidence of…
Acute rheumatic fever
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, acute rheumatic fever: (a) means a systemic, inflammatory autoimmune disease that follows laboratory confirmed infection with…
Ascariasis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, ascariasis means an infection with the intestinal roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides or Ascaris suum
Chickenpox
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, chickenpox: (a) means an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, usually manifesting with a vesicular eruption involving the…
Coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19)
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) means an illness caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Dengue virus infection
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, dengue virus infection means an illness caused by infection with dengue virus.
Hookworm disease
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, hookworm disease means an illness due to an infection with Necator americanus, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma ceylanicum or…
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 infection means an infection that is caused by the retrovirus human T-cell lymphotropic virus…
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, human immunodeficiency virus infection means an infection that is caused by one of the human retroviruses, human immunodeficiency…
Influenza
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, influenza means: (a) an acute respiratory tract infection due to the influenza virus and characterised by fever, cough, shortness of…
Leptospirosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, leptospirosis means an illness caused by infection with a bacterium from the genus Leptospira.
Lyme disease/lyme borreliosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Lyme disease/Lyme borreliosis : (a) means an infection with spirochete bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, which…
Malaria
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, malaria means an infection that is due to one of the human malaria species Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale or…
Melioidosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, melioidosis means an illness caused by infection with the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei.
Opisthorchiasis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, opisthorchiasis means an infestation of the biliary system by the trematodes (parasitic flatworms) Opisthorchis felineus or Opisthorchis…
Osteomyelitis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, osteomyelitis: (a) means inflammation of bone caused by infection; and (b) excludes chondritis, septic arthritis and discitis.
Scrub typhus
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, scrub typhus means a clinical illness caused by Orientia tsutsugamushi, formerly known as Rickettsia tsutsugamushi.
Smallpox
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, smallpox means a clinical illness caused by infection with the variola virus, a member of the Orthopoxvirus genus, which has been…
Tuberculosis
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, tuberculosis: (a) means an infection caused by bacteria belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, including M. tuberculosis,…
Zika virus infection
For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, Zika virus infection means a symptomatic, clinical illness caused by the Zika virus, which has been confirmed by laboratory testing.
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