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    <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff><TBODY><TR><TD class=f-title height=40>1,623 people die of infectious diseases in June: Chinese health ministry<!-- end_t -->




    </TD></TR><TR><TD height=5></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff><TBODY><TR><TD class=sj width="43%" align=left>English.news.cn 2010-07-09 21:19:42</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

    BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 806,110 cases of infectious diseases were reported from the Chinese mainland in June that left 1,623 people dead, according to a report published by China's Ministry of Health (MOH) on its website Friday.

    Of these cases, two were Class A infectious diseases such as plague and cholera. And one man died of plague.

    Altogether 342,649 Class B diseases were reported which left 1,436 dead. Tuberculosis, viral hepatitis, syphilis, dysentery and gonorrhea were five most frequently reported cases, accounting for 93.85 percent of all Class B cases, the report said.

    The death toll due to Class C disease was 186 and the three most infectious diseases were hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), infectious diarrhea and mumps, accounting for over 96 percent of the cases.

    A total of 343,100 HFMD cases were reported last month that left 179 people dead.

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-07/09/c_13392601.htm
    <!-- end_ct --><TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=625 align=center><TBODY><TR><TD class=zrbj height=24>Editor: Deng Shasha</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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