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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 28 281
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 80 226 160 309 397 328 341 167 62 86 2452
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 2 69
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 8 4 16 139
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 13 9 16 15 235
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 2 4 2 4 3 1 0 19
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 8 4 0 67
B 5 5 3 6 7 4 7 11 8 9 3 8 76
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 1 87
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 1270 1510 1011 1111 1303 1416 1582 16673

Remarks:

* The case notified in October has been reclassified as a probable case.
The case notified in March 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 Mar 2009

Uploaded on 27 Mar 2009

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