Suspect case definition
Suspect case means a person whose medical history, signs, and symptoms suggest that this person may be incubating or may be actively infected with some communicable disease.
Suspect case means any person with a syndrome or signs and symptoms of illness which a health care professional believes, based on professional judgement, may be a result of exposure to one or more pesticides, but which does not meet the definition of case.
Suspect case means a person who a reporting entity, local health department, or Department believes might be a case, but for whom it has not been established that the criteria necessary to become a case have been met.
More Definitions of Suspect case
Suspect case means a person whose medical history and symptoms suggest that this person has signs and symptoms that are compatible with TB disease, e.g., a prolonged, productive cough, hemoptysis, weight loss, fever, night sweats, or fatigue.