Target diseases of the Infectious Diseases Control Law revised on November 5, 2003
(Reportable infectious diseases of categories I to V under the National Epidemiological Surveillance of Infectious Diseases)

Category I (to be notified all the cases promptly after diagnosis)
Category II (to be notified all the cases promptly after diagnosis)
Category III (to be notified all the cases promptly after diagnosis)
New category IV (to be notified all the cases promptly after diagnosis)
New category V
a. Diseases to be notified all the cases by all physicians within 7days after diagnosis

    Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome*
    Amebiasis*
    Acute encephalitis(excluding Japanese encephalitis and West Nile encephalitis)*
    Congenital rubella syndrome*
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease*
    Cryptosporidiosis
    Giardiasis
    Severe invasive streptococcal infections(Streptococcal toxic shock-like syndrome)*
    Syphilis
    Meningococcal meningitis*
    Tetanus*
    Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus infection*
    Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection*
    Viral hepatitis(excluding hepatitis A and E)*
b. Diseases to be reported by the sentinel clinics and hospitals
　　　＜Influenza sentinel＞ (weekly report)
　　　＜Pediatric disease sentinel＞ (weekly report)
　　　＜Eye disease sentinel＞ (weekly report)
　　　＜Sexually transmitted disease (STD) sentinel＞ (monthly report)
　　　＜sentinel hospital＞
　　　　　 (weekly report)
　　　　 　(monthly report)

The disease added or changed in this revision.
* Target disease of infectious agent surveillance