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

b. Diseases to be reported by the sentinel clinics and hospitals
<Influenza sentinel> (weekly report)
   Influenza (excluding avian influenza virus infection)*

<Pediatric disease sentinel> (weekly report)
   Chickenpox
   Erythema infectiosum
   Exanthem subitum
   Group A streptococcal pharyngitis*
   Hand,foot and mouth disease*
   Herpangina*
   Infectious gastroenteritis*
   Measles (excluding adult)*
   Mumps*
   Pertussis*
   Pharyngoconjunctival fever*
   Respiratory syncytial virus infection*
   Rubella

<Eye disease sentinel> (weekly report)
   Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis*
   Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis*

<Sexually transmitted disease (STD) sentinel> (monthly report)
   Condyloma acuminatum
   Genital chlamydial infection
   Genital herpes
   Gonorrhea

<sentinel hospital>
 (weekly report)
   Aseptic meningitis*
   Bacterial meningitis*
   Chlamydial pneumonia (excluding psittacosis)
   Measles in adults*
   Mycoplasmal pneumonia

 (monthly report)
   Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
   Multi-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
   Penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae infection

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