Open Syndrome Avian Influenza in Humans (AVIH)
Table of Contents
Authors: Department of Health Public Health and Clinical Services Division, Government of Western Australia
Location: Australia
Purpose #
The definition #
Clinical evidence An acute illness characterised by:
- Fever (>38°C) or history of fever AND one or more of; cough OR rhinorrhoea OR myalgia OR headache OR dyspnoea OR diarrhoea; OR
- Conjunctivitis OR
- Infiltrates or evidence of an acute pneumonia on a chest radiograph plus evidence of acute respiratory insufficiency (hypoxaemia, severe tachypnoea).
Machine-readable definition #
The definition is available in JSON format following the Open Syndrome v1.0 specification:
{
"authors": [
"Department of Health Public Health and Clinical Services Division"
],
"category": "suspected",
"definition_type": "case_definition",
"description": "",
"human_readable_definition": "Clinical evidence \nAn acute illness characterised by: \n \n1. Fever (\u003e38°C) or history of fever AND one or more of; cough OR rhinorrhoea OR \nmyalgia OR headache OR dyspnoea OR diarrhoea; \nOR \n2. Conjunctivitis \nOR \n3. Infiltrates or evidence of an acute pneumonia on a chest radiograph plus evidence \nof acute respiratory insufficiency (hypoxaemia, severe tachypnoea). \n",
"inclusion_criteria": [
{
"logical_operator": "OR",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"logical_operator": "AND",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"logical_operator": "OR",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"description": "\u003e38°C",
"name": "Fever",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "history of fever",
"type": "symptom"
}
]
},
{
"logical_operator": "AT_LEAST",
"logical_operator_arguments": [
1
],
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"name": "cough",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "rhinorrhoea",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "myalgia",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "headache",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "dyspnoea",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"name": "diarrhoea",
"type": "symptom"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "conjunctivitis",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"logical_operator": "AND",
"type": "criterion",
"values": [
{
"name": "Infiltrates or evidence of an acute pneumonia on chest radiograph",
"type": "symptom"
},
{
"description": "hypoxaemia, severe tachypnoea",
"name": "acute respiratory insufficiency",
"type": "symptom"
}
]
}
]
}
],
"keywords": [
"Avian Influenza in Humans",
"AIH",
"Oceania"
],
"language": "English",
"location": "Australia",
"notes": [],
"open_syndrome_version": "1.0.0",
"organization": "Government of Western Australia",
"published_at": "2015-07-01T12:00:00Z",
"published_by": [
"Open Syndrome Initiative"
],
"published_in": "https://opensyndrome.org",
"references": [
{
"url": "http://www.health.gov.au/casedefinitions"
}
],
"scope": "broad",
"status": "draft",
"target_public_health_threats": [
"Avian Influenza in Humans"
],
"title": "Open Syndrome Avian Influenza in Humans (AVIH)",
"version": "1.0.0"
}
Using the Definition #
Healthcare organizations can implement this definition through:
- Direct integration with surveillance systems
- API endpoints for real-time validation
- Manual case verification processes
Next Steps #
We encourage:
- Clinical feedback on the definition criteria
- Technical feedback on the implementation format
- Suggestions for additional symptoms or signs
- Reports of implementation experiences
Get Involved #
We welcome contributions and feedback from the community.