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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
Acute poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Amoebic dysentery 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0   4
Anthrax - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Bacillary dysentery 2 2 20 23 12 16 11 7 27 15 4   139
Botulism - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Chickenpox 1757 1051 670 510 517 593 667 327 351 657 861   7961
Cholera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0   5
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 15 20 14 22 17 16 37 24 34 23 31   253
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - - - - - - 0 0 1 0 0   1
Dengue fever 3 4 0 4 3 1 3 9 4 5 4   40
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0   1
Food poisoning Outbreaks 24 43 27 24 44 79 107 82 85 48 22   585
Persons affected 156 140 80 226 160 309 397 328 333 163 61   2353
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Hantavirus infection - - - - - - 0 1 0 0 0   1
Influenza A(H2),
Influenza A(H5),
Influenza A(H7),
Influenza A(H9)		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Japanese encephalitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Legionnaires′ disease 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 0   13
Leprosy 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0   3
Leptospirosis - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 2   4
Listeriosis - - - - - - 0 3 3 4 1   11
Malaria 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 6 4 2   24
Measles 1 7 7 7 7 7 9 11 7 3 1   67
Meningococcal infection (invasive) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0   0
Mumps 17 10 8 8 12 11 8 12 25 9 7   127
Paratyphoid fever 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 1   23
Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Psittacosis - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Q fever - - - - - - 0 1 0 0 0   1
Rabies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Relapsing fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome Rubella 2 1 7 3 5 3 6 2 2 3 2   36
Congenital rubella syndrome - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Scarlet fever 25 19 37 24 20 20 27 10 14 10 16   222
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Smallpox - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Streptococcus suis
infection		 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0   5
Tetanus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Tuberculosis 539 378 454 569 476 523 626 517 557 525 472   5636
Typhoid fever 2 1 3 5 5 7 2 6 2 2 1   36
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases Scrub typhus 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 3 4 3 1   21
Urban typhus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0   1
Spotted fever - - - - - - 1 3 3 3 4   14
Viral haemorrhagic fever - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Viral hepatitis A 5 6 5 7 7 4 8 5 8 7 4   66
B 5 5 3 6 7 4 7 11 8 8 3   67
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0   2
E 14 5 13 19 8 7 7 4 4 2 2   85
West Nile Virus Infection - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0   0
Whooping cough 2 8 2 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 1   24
Yellow fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0
Total 2417 1564 1273 1243 1149 1303 1546 1049 1153 1339 1442 0 15478

Remarks:

* The case notified in October has been reclassified as a probable case.

(1) Anthrax, botulism, congenital rubella syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection, Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive), hantavirus infection, influenza A (H2), leptospirosis, listeriosis, psittacosis, Q fever, smallpox, viral haemorrhagic fever and West Nile virus infection have been listed as notifiable diseases since 14 July 2008.

(2) "Typhus" has been revised to "Typhus and other rickettsial diseases" which includes spotted fever since 14 July 2008.

(3) Persons affected in food poisoning cases were excluded in the monthly total and grand total.

Information as at 16 Dec 2008.

Uploaded on 24 Dec 2008.

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