Sri Lanka Weekly Epidemiological Reports 2015

[Ronan Kelly]

Final Roundup for 2015;

Flashback 2015 (Part 1) http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/images/pd...01-english.pdf
Flashback 2015 (Part II) http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/images/pd...02-english.pdf

This is the second in the series of two articles on
the activities carried out by the Epidemiology
Unit during the preceding year
Year 2015 is a significant year as far as seasonal
influenza was concerned. The country
experienced a massive outbreak during the
months of June, July and August resulting in 75
influenza associated deaths and 14 maternal
deaths. A health education campaign including
TV spots, posters, road shows, lectures for
health staff, publishing fact sheets on the Epidemiology
Unit Website and distributing leaflets
among general public on influenza prevention
and control was launched. The circular on influenza
prevention and control was revised to include
latest facts on the disease. The high demand
for antiviral (Oseltamivir) and personal
protective equipment ( 95 N masks) was met
without stock outs, while regulating it?s distribution
by the Epidemiology Unit.
Influenza surveillance system (ILI and SARI)
was strengthened through continued services of
surveillance officers (pre intern medical officers
at SARI sites and the National Influenza CenterMRI),
training staff at sentinel hospitals and
maintaining adequate supplies of reagents for
RTPCR at the MRI and visits to the sentinel hospitals
by the Epidemiology Unit staff. The influenza
surveillance system was critically reviewed
by a team of members from the CDC Atlanta,
USA.
...

[Ronan Kelly]

Report Number 27 contains "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Part I)"
Report Number 28 contains "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Part II)"

// Week 27 // Week 28 // (Total)
Dengue // 273 // 240 // (16,649)
Encephalitis // 2 // 1 // (85)
Leptospirosis // 21 // 51 // (2,045)
Rabies // 1 // 0 // (20)
Chickenpox // 54 // 48 // 2,594)
Meningitis // 8 // 7 // (418)
Leishmaniasis // 13 // 30 // (582)
AFP // 0 // 1 // (39)
Mumps // 4 // 4 // (209)
Measles // 41 // 40 // (1,334)
TB // 236 // 346 // (5,057)

[Ronan Kelly]

Report Number 25 contains "Seasonal Influenza (Part I)"
Report Number 26 contains "Seasonal Influenza (Part II)"

// Week 25 // Week 26 // (Total)
Dengue // 335 // 317 // (15,949)
Encephalitis // 3 // 2 // (81)
Leptospirosis // 62 // 34 // (1,954)
Rabies // 0 // 0 // (18)
Chickenpox // 74 // 78 // 2,461)
Meningitis // 11 // 8 // (387)
Leishmaniasis // 34 // 14 // (529)
AFP // 3 // 5 // (38)
Mumps // 4 // 7 // (197)
Measles // 47 // 39 // (1,222)
TB // 111 // 208 // (4475)

Influenza surveillance for May 2015:
Human: 2,488 received; 71 ILI; 35 SARI; 23 Inf A; 3 Inf B
Animal: 845 pooled samples, 275 serum samples, 0 positives

[Ronan Kelly]

Report Number 11 contains "Anthrax (Part I)"
Report Number 12 contains "Anthrax (Part II)"
Report Number 13 contains "Tuberculosis"
Report Number 14 contains "Household Air Pollution and Health"
Report Number 15 contains "Malaria (Part I)"
Report Number 16 contains "Malaria (Part II)"
Report Number 17 contains "Malaria (Part III)"
Report Number 18 contains "Arsenic"
Report Number 19 contains "Botulism"
Report Number 20 contains "Food Safety"
Report Number 21 contains "Child Maltreatment"
Report Number 22 contains "Electromagnetic fields and public health: mobile phones"
Report Number 23 contains "Pertussis"
Report Number 24 contains "Leishmaniasis"

http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148&Itemid=449&lang=en

Selected diseases (totals to June 12th):
Dengue (15,171)
Encephalitis (76)
Leptospirosis (1,809)
Rabies (17)
Chickenpox 2,273)
Meningitis (360)
Leishmaniasis (480)
AFP (30)
Mumps (183)
Measles (1,112)
TB (4,156)

Influenza surveillance for March 2015:
Human: 3,935 received; 111 ILI; 19 SARI; 7 Inf A; 11 Inf B
Animal: 1,023 pooled samples, 352 serum samples, 0 positives

http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/wer/2015/vol_42_no_17-english.pdf

Influenza surveillance for April 2015:
Human: 4,128 received; 711 ILI; 20 SARI; 7 Inf A; 3 Inf B
Animal: 1,390 pooled samples, 572 serum samples, 0 positives

http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/wer/2015/vol_42_no_21-english.pdf

[Ronan Kelly]

Report Number 7 contains "Dyslexia"
Report Number 8 contains "Hyperlipidaemia (Part I)"
Report Number 9 contains "Hyperlipidaemia (Part II)"
Report Number 10 contains "Pneumococcal Disease"

# 7 / # 8 / # 9 / # 10 /(total)
Dengue 774 / 921 / 615 / 603 / (9,766)
Encephalitis 0 / 3 / 4 / 8 / (32)
Leptospirosis 41 / 41 / 46 / 65 / (696)
Rabies 1 / 0 / 0 / 0 / (2)
Chickenpox 62 / 105 / 97 / 84 / (748)
Meningitis 5 / 12 / 10 / 10 / (126)
Leishmaniasis 27 / 17 / 17 / 11 / (154)
AFP 1 / 2 / 1 / 0 / (10)
Mumps 4 / 8 / 6 / 9 / (70)
Measles 20 / 29 / 25 / 29 / (273)
TB 101 / 113 / 207 / 251 / (1,699)

Influenza surveillance for January 2015:
Human: 4,453 received; 61 ILI; 18 SARI; 8 Inf A; 13 Inf B
Animal: 1,130 pooled samples, 873 serum samples, 0 positives

[Ronan Kelly]

Link to 2014 thread: https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/...y-reports-2014
Link to Ministry of Health Epidemiology Unit Archive: http://www.epid.gov.lk/web/index.php...id=449&lang=en

Report Number 1 contains "Flashback 2014 (Part I)".
Report Number 2 contains "Flashback 2014 (Part II)". (corresponds to week 1 2015)
Report Number 3 contains "Human Papillomavirus (HPV)".
Report Number 4 contains "Carbapenem Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infection".
Report Number 5 contains "Antimicrobial Resistance? (Part I)".
Report Number 6 contains "Antimicrobial Resistance? (Part II)".



# 2 / # 3 / # 4 / # 5 / # 6 /(total)
Dengue 970 / 587 / 976 / 1,275 / 884 / (5,823)
Encephalitis 1 / 2 / 5 / 3 / 1 / (15)
Leptospirosis 76 / 46 / 81 / 108 / 40 / (451)
Rabies 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 0 / (1)
Chickenpox 49 / 33 / 41 / 73 / 70 / (317)
Meningitis 19 / 7 / 15 / 14 / 6 / (74)
Leishmaniasis 4 / 15 / 9 / 19 / 8 / (68)
AFP 2 / 2 / 2 / 0 / 0 / (6)
Mumps 8 / 0 / 6 / 11 / 8 / (36)
Measles 16 / 9 / 28 / 32 / 16 / (131)
TB 234 / 113 / 101 / 429 / 186 / (981)


Influenza surveillance for December 2014: (these numbers are identical to those published for November 2014 - I suspect they have not been updated - Ro)
Human: 154 received; 94 ILI; 6 SARI; 27 Inf A; 1 Inf B
Animal: 919 pooled samples, 315 serum samples, 0 positives