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Department of Health

The Centre for Health
Protection is a
professional arm of the
Department of Health for
disease prevention and
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Number of notifications for notifiable infectious diseases in 2008

Disease Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
Cholera 0                       0
Plague 0                       0
Yellow Fever 0                       0
Acute Poliomyelitis 0                       0
Amoebic Dysentery 2                       2
Bacillary Dysentery 2                       2
Chickenpox 1758                       1758
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 15                       15
Dengue Fever 3                       3
Diphtheria 0                       0
Food Poisoning Outbreaks 26                       26
Persons affected 104                       104
Influenza A(H5) ,
Influenza A(H7) or
Influenza A(H9)
0                       0
Japanese Encephalitis 0                       0
Legionnaires′ Disease 0                       0
Leprosy 0                       0
Malaria 0                       0
Measles 3                       3
Meningococcal Infections 0                       0
Mumps 23                       23
Paratyphoid Fever 1                       1
Rabies 0                       0
Relapsing Fever 0                       0
Rubella 2                       2
Scarlet Fever 25                       25
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0                       0
Streptococcus suis
Infection
1                       1
Tetanus 0                       0
Tuberculosis 539                       539
Typhoid Fever 3                       3
Typhus Scrub 0                       0
Urban 0                       0
Viral Hepatitis A 2                       2
B 2                       2
C 0                       0
E 9                       9
Unclassified 10                       10
Whooping Cough 2                       2
Total 2428 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2428

Remarks :
Persons affected in food poisoning cases were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.
Information as at 10 Feb 2008
Uploaded on 29 Feb 2008


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