Taiwan: 2019 Dengue

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Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw.../05/2003709287

First local dengue fever report
EARLY INCIDENT:A young woman in Kaohsiung was likely infected by a man living in the same borough who contracted the disease in Thailand, the CDC said
By Lin Chia-nan, Ou Su-mei and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed the first case of indigenous dengue fever in the nation ? a young woman in Kaohsiung who was likely infected by a person who contracted the disease in Thailand.

The 20-something woman visited a doctor on Friday after developing symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle and joint pain, and tested positive for the dengue virus, the CDC said in a press release.

She is now in hospital under quarantine, and her house in Singbang Borough (興邦) in the city?s Cianjhen District (前鎮) has been disinfected, it said...

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Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201902110025.aspx



Tainan reports 8th case of dengue fever for 2019
2019/02/11 22:13:53

Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Tainan reported this year's eighth case of imported dengue fever on Monday after it was confirmed by health authorities a week ago on Lunar New Year's Eve.

Tainan Public Health Bureau Director Chen Yi (陳怡) said the case involved a 37-year-old man who works in Vietnam but returned to Taiwan for the holiday.

According to Chen, the man developed a fever and felt fatigued on Feb. 1 before returning to Taiwan the following day.

After returning to Taiwan on Feb. 2, he took a quick blood test for dengue fever at the airport but the result was negative and he was allowed to go home. He later sought treatment for his symptoms at a Tainan clinic...

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Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201902260022.aspx

1st dengue fever imported cluster confirmed after Cebu trip: CDC
2019/02/26 22:21:55
CDC Deputy Director-General Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞)

Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) Three people from central Taiwan have been confirmed as this year's first imported dengue fever cluster after visiting Cebu in the Philippines, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Tuesday.

CDC Deputy Director-General Lo Yi-chun (羅一鈞) said the three patients were part of an 11-person tour group that visited Cebu on Feb. 1 as part of a holiday, while also engaging in religious activities in the area.

The three individuals returned to Taiwan on Feb. 13 and began to show symptoms of fever, headache and muscle aches that day and the next, Lo said.

Tests were administered and the results, received Feb. 18-20, confirmed the three were infected with dengue fever, Lo said.

Meanwhile, the other eight members of the tour group are currently under surveillance, which will continue until March 17, the CDC said.

According to CDC statistics, as of Feb. 25, there have been 65 cases of imported dengue fever this year, including 20 from Vietnam, 17 from Indonesia and 11 from the Philippines.

The numbers show an increase in the number of imported dengue fever cases this year relative to the same period in previous years with 33, 54, 51 and 19 cases for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively...

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Source: https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/04/ar...tim-in-tainan/

Indonesian the latest dengue victim in Tainan
The woman became sick with fever shortly after coming back after seven days at home
ByAsia Times staff


Tainan has had another imported case of dengue fever, with the latest victim a 31-year-old Indonesian woman who had just returned after a holiday at home in March.

The woman, who worked as a domestic caregiver in Rende District, went home to Indonesia and returned to Taiwan on March 22. Seven days later she had a fever, headache and lost her appetite, the China Daily News reported...

...This year, 14 imported dengue fever cases have been reported in Tainan, said Chen Yi, head of the Tainan City Government?s Dengue Fever Prevention and Control Center...

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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/201..._137982673.htm



106 cases of imported dengue fever reported in Taiwan this year
Source: Xinhua| 2019-04-16 23:38:16|Editor: Mu Xuequan

TAIPEI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 106 cases of imported dengue fever have been reported in Taiwan this year, including 34 cases from Indonesia, 26 from Vietnam, and 12 each from the Philippines and Malaysia, Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.

The number of imported dengue fever reached the highest level for the same period in nearly 10 years, according to the CDC data.

The latest infection cases included three tourists who just returned to Taiwan after participating in a 110-person group tour to the Maldives archipelago from late March to early April...

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Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/afav/201906020005.aspx

Kaohsiung reports six new indigenous dengue fever cases
2019/06/02 18:22:39
Photo courtesy of Kaohsiung Department of Health

Taipei, June 2 (CNA) Six new indigenous cases of dengue fever have been confirmed in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan, including a cluster of five cases, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Sunday.

The six new patients, three men and three women, are between the ages of 40-70 and live in the city's Sanmin District, including five in the same alley, according to the CDC.

None of the new patients traveled overseas and were admitted to hospitals between May 27-30. They were all found to have the dengue virus type 4 (DENV-4) strain and are still being treated for the illness, according to the CDC.

The confirmation of the six most recent dengue fever cases brings the total number of indigenous cases this year to eight across the country, all living in Kaohsiung, including seven in Sanmin District...

...A total of 153 imported dengue fever cases have been reported in Taiwan this year, the highest in 10 years over the same period. Most of the imported cases have been from Southeast Asian countries, including Indonesia (55) and Vietnam (32), according to the CDC.

(By Yu Hsiao-han and Evelyn Kao)
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Indigenous dengue fever in Kaohsiung possibly spreading: CDC
2019/06/18 23:15:31
Image taken from Pixabay

Taipei, June 18 (CNA) One new confirmed case of indigenous dengue fever was recorded Tuesday in the southern port city of Kaohsiung and has been determined to be a secondary infection from an earlier cluster, indicating the outbreak has likely spread.

The newly confirmed patient is a woman in her 60s who lives in Sanmin District of Kaohsiung and developed symptoms of fever, headache, muscle pain and dizziness on Monday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday.

The woman was later determined to have been infected with the Type-4 dengue virus, a strain of virus rarely seen in Taiwan compared to the Type-1 and Type-2 viruses more usual in indigenous dengue infection cases, according to the CDC.

CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said the patient has a stand at a local market and has not traveled abroad recently...

...The latest CDC data shows that as of Tuesday, there have been 21 confirmed cases of indigenous dengue fever in Taiwan this year, all in Kaohsiung, with 20 categorized as a cluster outbreak.

The data also indicates that as of Tuesday, 171 imported cases of dengue fever infection have been confirmed across the country, the highest in nearly 10 years.

Over 90 percent of the cases originated in Southeastern Asian countries, including 58 in Indonesia, 34 in Vietnam and 20 in the Philippines...

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Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/fron.../03/2003718021

Tainan reports second, third indigenous dengue cases
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

Epidemic Intelligence Center Deputy Director Guo ****-wei gives an update on the latest dengue fever cases nationwide at the Ministry of Health and Welfare?s Centers for Disease Control in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

The second and third indigenous cases of dengue fever in Tainan this year have been confirmed, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday, adding that the two cases are believed to be linked to the same traditional food market in the city?s Northwest District (中西).

Before Tainan?s first indigenous case of dengue fever was reported on Saturday in Yongkang District (永康), all of this year?s cases had been reported in Kaohsiung.

The patients in the second and third cases were women in their 70s living in Northwest District?s Kaishan Borough (開山里), CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said.

Neither woman had visited Kaohsiung or Yongkang District, or traveled overseas, but both had visited the East Market (東菜市場) and a local temple, Chuang said.

The women were confirmed to be infected with dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2), the same as the first case in Tainan, Chuang said, adding that the women?s homes were only 200m away from where the first infected person worked.

The CDC said it believes that the three cases belong to the same cluster...

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Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/dengue-...-tainan-35419/


Dengue: Two additional cases reported in Tainan
by News Desk
July 11, 2019

Taiwan health officials reported two additional locally transmitted dengue fever cases in Tainan City on Wednesday.

The patients were a 40-year-old woman from Da Enli in the Southern District and a 60-year-old male in Annan District. Both individuals have no recent travel history.

The diagnosis of dengue virus type 2 was confirmed by Dengue NS1 fast screening test...

...With these two new cases, 46 locally transmitted dengue cases have been reported in Taiwan?38 in Kaohsiung City and eight in Tainan.

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Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw.../14/2003718645

CDC confirms ninth indigenous dengue patient in Tainan
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Sun, Jul 14, 2019 - Page 2

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday confirmed the ninth indigenous case of dengue fever in Tainan, saying it suspects that the virus might have spread farther, as the latest case involves a person who had not been to areas linked to previous cases.

An 89-year-old man living in the mountainous Ronghe Borough (榮和) of Zuojhen District (左鎮) developed a fever on Wednesday, the centers said...

...A total of 48 indigenous dengue fever cases had been reported nationwide as of yesterday ? 39 in Kaohsiung and nine in Tainan ? and there were 209 imported cases, marking the highest number for the period in 10 years, the CDC said...

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Taoyuan reports first domestic dengue fever case
2019/08/05 21:37:36


Taipei, Aug. 5 (CNA) Taoyuan City reported its first locally acquired dengue fever case on Monday after the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed it as an indigenous case on Sunday night.

In a statement, Taoyuan's Department of Public Health said the patient was a woman in her 70s living in Zhongli District who had not visited Kaohsiung or Tainan in southern Taiwan, the two metropolitan areas most affected by the mosquito-borne disease in the country.

The woman felt pain in her right knee and developed a fever beginning on July 31, and she was taken to a hospital where she was diagnosed with dengue fever, the department said...

...According to CDC statistics, there had been 348 confirmed cases of dengue fever in Taiwan as of Aug. 1, with 64 of them indigenous cases and 284 of them imported.

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Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw.../15/2003720519


First indigenous case of dengue in New Taipei City
By Lai Hsiao-tung, Chiu Shu-yu and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Thu, Aug 15, 2019 - Page 2

Doctors have confirmed New Taipei City?s first indigenous case of dengue fever this year, Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) told a news conference yesterday.

The man was admitted to a hospital on Tuesday last week, but has already recovered and been discharged, Hou said.

City officials are investigating the locations visited by the 44-year-old man from Jhonghe District (中和) before he contracted the disease and are to carry out preventative measures in all of the city?s districts, he added...

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Source: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201908180010.aspx

First case of domestic dengue fever in Taipei this year confirmed
2019/08/18 19:45:46
CDC personeel check on Taipei City's Daan District's neighborhood

Taipei, Aug. 18 (CNA) Taipei City recorded its first case of locally transmitted dengue fever for the year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed Sunday, saying it had found no record of recent overseas travel by the patient.

The male patient, in his 30s, sought medical attention after he developed a high fever and muscle and joint pains on Thursday, according to the CDC.

The medication he received did not alleviate his symptoms and he was admitted the next day to hospital, where he was later diagnosed with dengue fever, CDC Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥) said...

...As of Saturday, the CDC had confirmed 388 cases of dengue fever in Taiwan this year, 74 of which were indigenous. The CDC data showed that 51 of the 74 indigenous cases were in Kaohsiung...

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Source: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw.../25/2003721092

CDC confirms new dengue case in Tainan
STORM CLEANUP:With Tropical Storm Bailu bringing rain to Taiwan this weekend, the CDC urged people to remove standing water near their homes when the weather clears
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

...A man in his 30s who lives in Datong Borough (大同) of Tainan?s East District (東) had a fever, muscle pain and rashes from Aug. 10, but was not diagnosed with dengue despite two visits to a doctor, the centers said, adding that he had not traveled overseas recently.

Earlier in the month, the man?s sister, who lives in Kaohsiung, was diagnosed with dengue, with that case reported to the CDC and the woman hospitalized on Aug. 13...

...Seventy-five cases of indigenous dengue fever have been confirmed this year, with 51 in Kaohsiung, 20 in Tainan, two in New Taipei City, and one case each in Taoyuan and Taipei, CDC data showed.

There have been 327 cases of imported dengue fever this year, the most in the period for 10 years, the data showed...

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Source: https://www.news18.com/news/world/ta...l-2328337.html

Taiwan Campus Hit by Dengue Fever, Says Centers for Disease Control
Four students at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan confirmed to have the mosquito-borne disease.
Updated:September 30, 2019, 3:34 PM IST

The Centers for Disease Control announced that a number of dengue fever cases have affected a university campus this year.

Four students at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan confirmed to have the mosquito-borne disease.

The first of the four cases was a man in his 30s living in Dasyue Borough of Tainan's East District, who on Wednesday last week was confirmed to have dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3), the first DENV-3 case in the nation this year, the CDC reported...