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Prevention and Management of Infectious Diseases
What is infectious disease?
Concept
- Infectious disease means any infectious disease classified in Group 1 infectious diseases, Group 2 infectious diseases, Group 3 infectious diseases, Group 4 infectious diseases, Group 5 infectious diseases, designated infectious diseases, infectious diseases under surveillance by the World Health Organization, infectious diseases spread through bioterrorism, sexually transmitted infectious diseases, zoonoses, and nosocomial infectious diseases (Article 2 paragraph 1 of the “Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act”)
Types of infectious diseases
- The types of infectious diseases are as follows (Article 2 subparagraphs 2 through 12 of the “Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act” and subparagraph 1 of the “Types of Infectious Diseases Designated by the Minister of Health and Welfare”):

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, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) infections, and hepatitis E

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), Zika virus infection, syphilis, and monkeypox

 

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, and COVID-19

 

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 virus disease, 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 infection, soft sensation, chancroid, genital herpes, condyloma acuminata, and human papilloma virus infection

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, Brucellosis, anthrax, rabies, animal influenza infection in human, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), Q fever, tuberculosis, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), and intestinal infections (salmonella and campylobacter)

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