Re: Singapore MOH Updates
WEEKLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE BULLETIN
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL WEEK 21
20 - 26 May 2012
1 case of cholera, 27 salmonellosis, 80 Dengue, 1,463 HFMD (well above epidemic threshold), 10 mumps see link for full list.
Average daily clinic visits;
ARI: 2,823
Conjunctivitis: 85
Diarrhoea: 423
Influenza indicators for E-week 21 (20 - 26 May 2012) are as follows:
The average daily number of patients seeking treatment in the polyclinics for ARI decreased from 3,019 (over 5.5 working days) in E-week 20 to 2,823 (over 5.5 working days) in E-week 21, and was just below the warning level.
The proportion of cases with Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) among the polyclinic ARI cases was low at 1%.
The overall prevalence of influenza among ILI samples (n=150) in the community was 49.3% in the past four weeks. Of all the positive samples tested in April 2012, influenza B constituted 61.8%, whilst influenza A(H3N2) and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 constituted 29.4% and 8.8%, respectively .
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WEEKLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE BULLETIN
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL WEEK 21
20 - 26 May 2012
1 case of cholera, 27 salmonellosis, 80 Dengue, 1,463 HFMD (well above epidemic threshold), 10 mumps see link for full list.
Average daily clinic visits;
ARI: 2,823
Conjunctivitis: 85
Diarrhoea: 423
Influenza indicators for E-week 21 (20 - 26 May 2012) are as follows:
The average daily number of patients seeking treatment in the polyclinics for ARI decreased from 3,019 (over 5.5 working days) in E-week 20 to 2,823 (over 5.5 working days) in E-week 21, and was just below the warning level.
The proportion of cases with Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) among the polyclinic ARI cases was low at 1%.
The overall prevalence of influenza among ILI samples (n=150) in the community was 49.3% in the past four weeks. Of all the positive samples tested in April 2012, influenza B constituted 61.8%, whilst influenza A(H3N2) and influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 constituted 29.4% and 8.8%, respectively .
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