Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Archive Number 20061211.3493
Published Date 11-DEC-2006
Subject PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update 2006 (40) - Taiwan
DENGUE/DHF UPDATE 2006 (40) - TAIWAN
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[This is not a comprehensive collection of all dengue reports in the world
since the last update. To make updates more complete, ProMED-mail asks
readers to send reports of dengue outbreaks that they find to
promed@promedmail.org.
Date: 7 Nov 2006
From: Irene Lai <iwlai@attglobal.net>
Source: CDC Taiwan website [edited]
<http://www.cdc.gov.tw/en/index.asp>
Dengue fever update (Week 47, 2006)
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Based on the notifiable disease surveillance system in Taiwan, during the
47th epidemiological week (19-25 Nov [2006]), 92 dengue fever (DF) cases
were reported in Taiwan, 57 of which were laboratory confirmed, including
one case of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
As of 25 Nov [2006], there had been 2051 reported cases of DF nationwide this year, of those, 864 had been confirmed, including 16 DHF cases. So far this year (2006), 2 DF deaths have been reported from Kaohsiung City.
The cumulative number of dengue confirmed cases has increased by 234 per
cent compared with the same period last year (2005, 259 cases).
Among this year's cases, 97 were classified as imported cases, and 767 were domestic cases. The origins of the imported cases were as follows:
32 from Viet Nam;
18 from Indonesia;
13 from the Philippines;
10 from Thailand;
8 from Cambodia;
5 from Malaysia;
4 from Bangladesh;
3 from India;
2 from Myanmar;
one from El Salvador;
and one from Madagascar.
Of the domestic cases, the main serotype (304 cases) of circulating DF
virus is DEN-3, followed by 30 cases of DEN-2, and one case of DEN-1. The
case distribution was mainly in southern Taiwan, including Kaohsiung City,
Kaohsiung County, Tainan City, Tainan County, and Pingtung County.
Moreover, in the north, there was one case in Taipei County and one case in
Keelung City.
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Published Date 11-DEC-2006
Subject PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update 2006 (40) - Taiwan
DENGUE/DHF UPDATE 2006 (40) - TAIWAN
************************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>
[This is not a comprehensive collection of all dengue reports in the world
since the last update. To make updates more complete, ProMED-mail asks
readers to send reports of dengue outbreaks that they find to
promed@promedmail.org.
Date: 7 Nov 2006
From: Irene Lai <iwlai@attglobal.net>
Source: CDC Taiwan website [edited]
<http://www.cdc.gov.tw/en/index.asp>
Dengue fever update (Week 47, 2006)
-----------------------------------
Based on the notifiable disease surveillance system in Taiwan, during the
47th epidemiological week (19-25 Nov [2006]), 92 dengue fever (DF) cases
were reported in Taiwan, 57 of which were laboratory confirmed, including
one case of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
As of 25 Nov [2006], there had been 2051 reported cases of DF nationwide this year, of those, 864 had been confirmed, including 16 DHF cases. So far this year (2006), 2 DF deaths have been reported from Kaohsiung City.
The cumulative number of dengue confirmed cases has increased by 234 per
cent compared with the same period last year (2005, 259 cases).
Among this year's cases, 97 were classified as imported cases, and 767 were domestic cases. The origins of the imported cases were as follows:
32 from Viet Nam;
18 from Indonesia;
13 from the Philippines;
10 from Thailand;
8 from Cambodia;
5 from Malaysia;
4 from Bangladesh;
3 from India;
2 from Myanmar;
one from El Salvador;
and one from Madagascar.
Of the domestic cases, the main serotype (304 cases) of circulating DF
virus is DEN-3, followed by 30 cases of DEN-2, and one case of DEN-1. The
case distribution was mainly in southern Taiwan, including Kaohsiung City,
Kaohsiung County, Tainan City, Tainan County, and Pingtung County.
Moreover, in the north, there was one case in Taipei County and one case in
Keelung City.
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