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The purpose of this study was to present the relationship between the spread of infectious diseases and the characteristics of the physical urban environment. The study assumed that some parts of the urban uses are especially vulnerable to the spread of infectious diseases. The analysis process was limited to the area of dense disease transmission area in a study target city. Confirmed patients' visiting data to buildings and the building permit data were used for correlation analysis. The analysis results showed moderate correlations with correlation coefficients of equal or more than 0.4 (p<0.01) on the number of buildings, building areas, total floor areas, and floor area ratios in the uses of multi-family housing, overall housing, first-class neighborhood facilities, and education-research facilities within the distance range from 200m to 400m. The building areas of housing facilities, neighborhood facilities, religious facilities, education-research facilities, and accommodation facilities within the distance range from 200m to 1km appeared to be correlated with confirmed patients' visiting frequencies. The study results identified the specific characteristics of urban fabrics related to infectious disease spread and found the possibility identifying the focal uses for infection disease prevention.