Table 1.

Classifications and Lists of Nationally Notifiable Infectious Diseases by "Law for Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases" in the Republic of Korea (announced on December 30, 2010)

CJD, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; CRE, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae species; MRAB, multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; MRPA, multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; vCJD, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus; VRSA, vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Escherichia coli.

^*Enteric infectious diseases: Salmonellosis, Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections, enterotoxigenic E. coli infections, enteroinvasive E. coli infections, enteropathogenic E. coli infections, campylobacteriosis, Clostridium perfringens infections, Staphylococcus aureus infections, Bacillus cereus infections, Yersinia enterocoliticainfections, Listeria monocytogenes infections, group A rotavirus infections, astrovirus infections, enteric adenovirus infections, norovirus infections, sapovirus infections, Entamoeba histolytica infections, lambliasis, Cryptosporidium parvum infections, cyclosporiasis. ^†Acute respiratory infectious diseases: adenovirus infections, human bocavirus infections, parainfluenza virus infections, respiratory syncytial virus infections, rhinovirus infections, human metapneumovirus infections, human coronavirus infections, Streptococcus pneumoniae infections, Haemophilus influenzae infections, mycoplasma infections, chlamydiosis. ^‡Imported parasitic diseases: leishmaniasis, babesiosis, African trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis, Chagas disease, angiostrongylosis, gnathostomiasis, filariasis, echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis, dracunculiasis