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Table 2 Classification of diseases and diagnoses in priority groups, according to the final weighted score, displayed in ranked order

From: Prioritisation for future surveillance, prevention and control of 98 communicable diseases in Belgium: a 2018 multi-criteria decision analysis study

Very high priority

High priority

Medium priority

Low priority

Very low priority

Score ≥ 36.8

≥30.0 and < 36.8

≥22.0 and < 30.0

≥17.0 and < 22.0

Score < 17.0

Pertussis

Rotavirus disease

Invasive pneumococcal disease (children)

Campylobacteriosis

Echinococcosis

HIV-infection

Burkholderia cepacia complex

Haemophilus influenzae (Hib)

Tick-borne encephalitis

Yersinia enterocolitica and pseudotuberculosis

Hepatitis C

Measles

Clostridium botulinum

Chlamydia pneumoniae

Vibrio cholerae and parahaemolyticus

Hepatitis B

Legionellosis

Helicobacter pylori

Zikavirus disease

West Nile virus disease

Rubella disease (congenital)

Adenovirus disease

Invasive Enterococci

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection

Parrot fever

Influenza

Invasive Staph. Aureus

Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Herpes simplex (CSF)

Rabies

Tuberculosis

Varicella, zona

Syfilis

Giardiasis

Hantaanvirus disease

Invasive candidiasis

Polio

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV)

Leishmaniasis

Smallpox

Mumps

MERS, SARS and other Coronavirus

Yellow fever disease

Invasive Aspergillosis

Rickettsia

 

Clostridium difficile

Congenital CMV disease

Tularaemia (Francisella tularensis)

Ebola

 

Invasive E. coli (non STEC/EHEC)

Congenital Toxoplasmose

Hepatitis E

Malaria

 

Invasive Klebsiella

Tetanus

Trichinosis / trichinellosis

Anaplasmosis

 

Invasive pneumococcal disease (adults)

Chikungunya disease

Congenital Parvovirus B19

Hepatitis A

 

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease

Mycobacterium non-tuberculosis

Invasive Acinetobacter

Q-fever

 

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease

Listeriosis

Invasive Strep. pyogenes (GAS)

Burkholderia mallei/pseudo mallei

 

Parainfluenza disease

Shigellosis

Salmonellosis (Typhoid)

Amoebiasis

 

Non-polio enteroviruses and parechoviruses

Cryptosporidiosis

Invasive and/or congenital Strep. agalactiae (GBS)

Bacillus cereus

 

Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi senu lato)

Chlamydia trachomatis

Brucellosis

Pasteurella

 

Invasive Cryptococcosis

Pseudomonas

Dengue

Cyclospora

 

Meningococcal disease (N. meningitidis)

Salmonellosis (non-typhoid)

Scabies

 
  

Bacillus anthracis

Bartonellosis (B. henselae)

 
  

Shiga-toxin producing E. coli

  
  

Chagas disease

  
  

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

  
  

Dyphtheria

  
  

Tropheryma whipplei

  
  

Leptospirose

  
  

Norovirus disease

  
  1. The five priority groups were defined by CART regression. The theoretical maximum possible score per disease was 100, the highest obtained score was 48 (Pertussis).