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China Terminology ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (5): 24-32.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2020.05.004

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Discussion on the Naming of Infectious Diseases

SHI Linqi1(), GUI Shuang2   

  • Received:2020-06-13 Revised:2020-07-05 Online:2020-10-25 Published:2020-11-02

Abstract:

This paper summarized Chinese naming principles, nomenclature and naming process of infectious diseases through statistical analysis, qualitative analysis and literature analysis. The naming of COVID-19 was also evaluated and related suggestions were put forward. The naming methods of notifiable infectious diseases in China include pathology nomenclature, epidemiology nomenclature, clinical nomenclature, loanword nomenclature, sequence nomenclature, etc., and among them, the names using clinical nomenclature are the most. Many names of notifiable infectious diseases in China is named in several ways or a combination of cross-constituted.The nomenclature of infectious diseases should abide by the existing terminology principles of accuracy, hierarchy, productivity, unambiguity,conciseness, stability, and should pay attention to harmony and appropriateness. The naming process of SARS shows that reasonable changes should be allowed, and the role of different naming subjects should be different, and the determination of legal names should be cautious.

Key words: infectious diseases naming, COVID-19, terminology

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