Classification |
Concept |
Types of Infectious Diseases |
Group 1 Infectious Diseases |
Infectious diseases spread through bioterrorism or those with a high fertility rate or a high risk of mass outbreak, requiring immediate reporting upon the outbreak or prevalence thereof and a high degree of isolation such as negative pressure isolation (including, however, infectious diseases designated by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in consultation with the Minister of Health and Welfare for urgent prevention and management due to the anticipated sudden influx or prevalence into the country). |
Ebola virus disease, Marburg fever, Lassa fever, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, South American hemorrhagic fever, Rift Valley fever, smallpox, plague, anthrax, botulism, tularemia, emerging infectious diseases, severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS), Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS), avian influenza infection in human, new influenza, and diphtheria |
Group 2 Infectious Diseases |
Infectious diseases that need to be reported within 24 hours upon the outbreak of prevalence considering the possibility of transmission (including, however, infectious diseases designated by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in consultation with the Minister of Health and Welfare for urgent prevention and management due to the anticipated sudden influx or prevalence into the country) |
Tuberculosis, chickenpox, measles, cholera, typhoid, paratyphoid, bacillary dysentery, enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli infections, viral hepatitis A, pertussis, mumps, rubella, poliomyelitis, Neisseria meningitidis infections, haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcus infections, Hansen's disease, scarlet fever, vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infections, and carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections |
Group 3 Infectious Diseases |
Infectious diseases that need to be reported within 24 hours upon the outbreak or prevalence due to the need for continuous monitoring (including, however, infectious diseases designated by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency in consultation with the Minister of Health and Welfare for urgent prevention and management due to the anticipated sudden influx or prevalence into the country). |
Tetanus, viral hepatitis B, Japanese encephalitis, viral hepatitis C, malaria, legionella, vibrio vulnificus septicemia, typhus fever, murine typhus, tsutsugamushi disease, leptospirosis, brucellosis, rabies, Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), yellow fever, Dengue fever, Q fever, West Nile fever, tick-borne encephalitis, melioidosis, chikungunya fever, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), and Zika virus infection |
Group 4 Infectious Diseases |
Infectious diseases that need to be reported within 24 hours upon the outbreak or prevalence considering the possibility of transmission (including infectious diseases designated by the Minister of Health and Welfare for urgent prevention and management due to an anticipated sudden domestic influx or prevalence) |
Influenza, syphilis, ascariasis, trichocephaliasis, oxyuriasis, paragonimiasis, fasciolopsis buski, hand-foot and mouth disease, gonorrhea, chlamydia infection, chancroid, genital herpes, condyloma acuminata, vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) infection, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MRSA) infection, Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (MRAB) infection, intestinal infection, and acute respiratory infection Imported parasitic infections Enterovirus infection Human papillomavirus infection |
Parasitic Infections |
Infectious diseases caused by parasitic infestation |
Ascariasis, trichocephaliasis, oxyuriasis, paragonimiasis, fasciolopsis buski, and imported parasitic infections |
Infectious Diseases under Surveillance by the World Health Organization |
Infectious diseases proclaimed by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency among illnesses monitored by the World Health Organization to prepare for a state of emergency |
Smallpox, polio, new influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), cholera, pneumonic plague, yellow fever, viral hemorrhagic fever, and West Nile fever |
Infectious Diseases Spread through Bioterrorism |
Infectious diseases proclaimed by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency among infectious diseases caused by pathogens used for intentional purposes or terrorist attacks |
Anthrax, botulism, plague, Marburg fever, Ebola fever, Lassa fever, smallpox, and tularemia |
Sexually Transmitted Infectious Diseases |
Infectious diseases proclaimed by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency among infectious diseases transmitted through sexual contact |
Syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, soft sensation, chancroid, genital herpes, and condyloma acuminata |
Zoonosis |
Infectious diseases announced by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency among infectious diseases caused by pathogens that spread between animals and humans |
Enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli infections, Japanese encephalitis, anthrax, rabies, avian influenza infection in human, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), Q fever, and tuberculosis |
Medical-related Infectious Diseases |
Infectious diseases proclaimed by the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency due to the need for monitoring among infectious diseases caused while receiving medical treatment for patients and pregnant women |
Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) infection, Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) infection, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infection, Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MRPA) infection, Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter Baumannii (MRAB) infection, and Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infection |