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Table 1.

Target diseases of the Infectious Diseases Control Law (Reportable infectious diseases under the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases)

Target diseases to be notified all cases by all physicians

Category I (to be notified promptly after diagnosis)

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever,^a Ebola hemorrhagic fever,^a Lassa fever,^a Marburg disease,^a Plague,^a Smallpox,^a South American hemorrhagic fever^a

Category II (to be notified promptly after diagnosis)

Acute poliomyelitis,^a Diphtheria,^a Severe acute respiratory syndrome (due to SARS coronavirus),^a Tuberculosis,^a Avian influenza virus infection (H5N1 subtype)^a

Category III (to be notified promptly after diagnosis)

Cholera,^a Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection,^a Paratyphoid fever,^a Shigellosis,^a Typhoid fever^a

Category IV (to be notified promptly after diagnosis)

Anthrax,^a Avian influenza virus infection (excluding H5N1 subtype),^a Botulism,^a Brucellosis,^a Coccidioidomycosis,^a Dengue fever,^a Eastern equine encephalitis,^a Echinococcosis,^a Epidemic typhus,^a Glanders,^a Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome,^a Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome,^a Hendra virus infection,^a Hepatitis A, Hepatitis E,^a Herpes B virus infection,^a Japanese encephalitis,^a Japanese spotted fever,^a Kyasanur Forest disease,^a Legionellosis,^a Leptospirosis,^a Lyme disease,^a Lyssavirus infection (excluding rabies),^a Malari,^a Melioidosis,^a Monkeypox,^a Nipah virus infection,^a Omsk hemorrhagic fever,^a Psittacosis,^a Q fever,^a Rabies,^a Relapsing fever,^a Rift Valley fever,^a Rocky Mountain spotted fever,^a Scrub typhus (Tsutsugamushi disease),^a Tick-borne encephalitis,^a Tularemia,^a Venezuelan equine encephalitis,^a West Nile fever (including West Nile encephalitis),^a Western equine encephalitis,^a Yellow fever^a

Category Va (to be notified within 7 days after diagnosis)

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome,^a Amebiasis,^a Acute encephalitis (excluding Eastern equine encephalitis, Japanese encephalitis, Rift Valley fever, Tick-borne encephalitis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, West Nile encephalitis and Western equine encephalitis),^a Congenital rubella syndrome,^a Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease,^a Cryptosporidiosis, Giardiasis, Measles,^a Meningococcal meningitis,^a Rubella,^a Severe invasive streptococcal infections (Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome),^a Syphilis, Tetanus,^a Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection,^a Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection,^a Viral hepatitis (excluding hepatitis A and E)

Target diseases to be reported by the sentinel clinics and hospitals Category Vb

‘Influenza sentinel’ (weekly report)

Influenza (excluding avian influenza virus infection)^a

‘Pediatric disease sentinel’ (weekly report)

Chickenpox, Erythema infectiosum, Exanthem subitum, Group A streptococcal pharyngitis,^a Hand, foot and mouth disease,^a Herpangina,^a Infectious gastroenteritis,^a Mumps,^a Pertussis,^a Pharyngoconjunctival fever,^a Respiratory syncytial virus infection^a

‘Eye disease sentinel’ (weekly report)

Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis,^a Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis^a

‘Sexually transmitted disease (STD) sentinel’ (monthly report)

Condyloma acuminatum, Genital chlamydial infection, Genital herpes, Gonorrhea

‘Target diseases at sentinel hospital’

(weekly report)

Aseptic meningitis,^a Bacterial meningitis,^a Chlamydial pneumonia (excluding psittacosis), Mycoplasmal pneumonia

(monthly report)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection, Multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

Target disease of Syndromic surveillance designated by the government ordinance

‘Syndromic surveillance sentinel’ (to be reported promptly after diagnosis)

Unknown fever (≥38 °C) and respiratory symptom, Unknown fever and rash/vesicle

Target disease of syndromic surveillance designated by the government ordinance.