Infectious diseases
Key facts
- Infectious diseases are divided into Classes A, B, and C.
- Class A: Plague and Cholera.
- Class B: SARS, AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Poliomyelitis, Human Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), H1N1, Measles, Epidemic Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (EHFRS), Rabies, Epidemic Encephalitis B, Dengue Fever, Anthrax, Bacillary and Amebic Dysentery, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Typhoid and Paratyphoid, Epidemic Cerebrospinal Meningitis, Pertussis, Diphtheria,Tetanus Neonatorum, Scarlet Fever, Brucellosis, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, Leptospirosis and Schistosomiasis
- Class C: Influenza, Epidemic Parotitis, Rubella, Acute Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis (AHC), Leprosy, Epidemic and Endemic Typhus, Kala-azar, Echinococcosis, Filariasis, Infectious diarrhea other than cholera, bacillary and amebic dysentery, Hand, Foot and Mouth Diseases (HFMD)