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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 0
Amoebic dysentery 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Anthrax - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bacillary dysentery 2 2 20 23 12 16 11 7 27 15 4 16 155
Botulism - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chickenpox 1757 1052 670 510 517 593 667 327 351 657 862 968 8931
Cholera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 7
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection 15 20 14 22 17 16 37 24 34 23 31 21 274
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - - - - - - 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dengue fever 3 4 0 4 3 1 3 9 4 5 4 2 42
Diphtheria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection - - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Food poisoning Outbreaks 24 43 27 24 44 79 107 82 85 48 22 35 620
Persons affected 156 140 80 226 160 309 397 328 341 164 62 87 2450
Haemophilus influenzae type b infection (invasive) - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hantavirus infection - - - - - - 0 1 0 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 1 1
Japanese encephalitis 0 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 0 13
Leprosy 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 5
Leptospirosis - - - - - - 1 1 0 0 2 0 4
Listeriosis - - - - - - 0 3 3 4 1 0 11
Malaria 0 0 1 2 2 1 2 4 6 4 2 1 25
Measles 1 7 7 7 7 7 9 11 7 3 1 3 70
Meningococcal infection (invasive) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0* 0 0 0
Mumps 17 10 8 8 12 11 8 12 25 9 7 19 146
Paratyphoid fever 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 4 0 0 22
Plague 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psittacosis - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Q fever - - - - - - 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rabies 0 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 0
Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome Rubella 2 1 7 3 5 3 6 2 2 3 2 2 38
Congenital rubella syndrome - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scarlet fever 25 19 37 24 20 20 27 10 14 10 16 15 237
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Smallpox - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Streptococcus suis
infection		 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6
Tetanus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tuberculosis 499 347 416 533 444 491 590 480 515 489 449 477 5730
Typhoid fever 2 1 3 5 5 7 2 6 2 2 1 2 38
Typhus and other rickettsial diseases Scrub typhus 0 2 0 1 0 3 4 3 4 3 1 0 21
Urban typhus 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Spotted fever - - - - - - 1 3 3 3 4 1 15
Viral haemorrhagic fever - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viral hepatitis A 5 6 5 7 7 4 8 5 8 7 4 0 66
B 5 5 3 6 7 4 7 11 8 8 3 5 72
C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
E 14 5 13 19 8 7 7 4 5 2 2 0 86
West Nile Virus Infection - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Whooping cough 2 8 2 5 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 25
Yellow fever 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 2377 1534 1235 1207 1117 1271 1510 1012 1112 1303 1419 1575 16672

Remarks:

* The case notified in October has been reclassified as a probable case.
The case notified in December is H9N2 infection.

(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 10 Jan 2009

Uploaded on 30 Jan 2009

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