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Protection is a
professional arm of the
Department of Health for
disease prevention and
control
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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 |
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0 |
| Plague |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Yellow Fever |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Amoebic Dysentery |
2 |
1 |
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3 |
| Bacillary Dysentery |
2 |
2 |
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4 |
| Chickenpox |
1758 |
1054 |
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2812 |
| Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection |
15 |
20 |
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35 |
| Dengue Fever |
3 |
4 |
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7 |
| Diphtheria |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Food Poisoning |
Outbreaks |
25 |
44 |
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69 |
| Persons affected |
104 |
143 |
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247 |
Influenza A(H5) ,
Influenza A(H7) or
Influenza A(H9) |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Japanese Encephalitis |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Legionnaires′ Disease |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Leprosy |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Malaria |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Measles |
2 |
9 |
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|
11 |
| Meningococcal Infections |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| Mumps |
20 |
15 |
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|
35 |
| Paratyphoid Fever |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
| Rabies |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Relapsing Fever |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Rubella |
2 |
1 |
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|
3 |
| Scarlet Fever |
25 |
19 |
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44 |
| Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
Streptococcus suis
Infection |
1 |
0 |
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|
1 |
| Tetanus |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Tuberculosis |
539 |
378 |
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|
917 |
| Typhoid Fever |
3 |
1 |
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|
4 |
| Typhus |
Scrub |
0 |
2 |
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2 |
| Urban |
0 |
0 |
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|
0 |
| Viral Hepatitis |
A |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
| B |
3 |
0 |
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3 |
| C |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
| E |
9 |
2 |
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|
11 |
| Unclassified |
9 |
13 |
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22 |
| Whooping Cough |
2 |
8 |
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10 |
| Total |
2423
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1574
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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3997
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Remarks :
Persons affected in food poisoning cases were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.
Information as at 10 Mar 2008
Uploaded on 28 Mar 2008
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Last revision date: 2008/03/28 |
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