The following case classifications apply to most Enteric Diseases:

Under investigation - A case that has been notified, but information is not yet available to classify it.

Probable - A clinically compatible illness (contact with a known case or a known source may be part of the criteria for certain enteric diseases, please refer to the Communicable Disease Control Manual).

Confirmed - A clinically compatible illness accompanied by laboratory definitive evidence (contact with a known case or a known source may be part of the criteria for certain enteric diseases, please refer to the Communicable Disease Control Manual).

Not a case - A case that has been investigated and subsequently found not to meet the case definition.

For information on a specific enteric disease case definitions, refer to Acute gastroenteritis (and toxin-related illnesses), Campylobacteriosis, Cholera, Cryptosporidiosis, Giardiasis, Paratyphoid fever, Salmonellosis, Shigellosis, Typhoid fever, Yersiniosis sections in the Communicable Disease Control Manual.