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Travel Health News Digest (1 September 2008)
Taiwan: Dengue Fever Taiwan reported 3 recent indigenous Dengue Fever cases in Shezidao of Shilin District last week.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Philippines: Dengue Fever The Philippines recorded a total of 720 suspected Dengue Fever cases and 567 confirmed Dengue Fever cases in Pangasinan and Negros Oriental respectively this year.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Singapore: Chikungunya Fever [update 2] Singapore reported 5 cases of Chikungunya Fever linked to Lim Chu Kang, bringing to 150 the total number of such cases in the country this year.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Thailand: Dengue Fever Thailand reported a total of 41 307 cases of Dengue Fever, including 48 deaths, this year, with 48 deaths.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Afghanistan: Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever
(Source: ProMED-mail 27 August 2008) India: Dengue Fever India reported a total of 35 Dengue Fever cases in Delhi so far this year. It is 3 times more than those reported during the same period last year.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Pakistan: Dengue Fever Pakistan reported 287 cases of Dengue Fever, including 4 deaths, Dengue fever in the city of Karachi, with 4 deaths. Five new patients were admitted in different hospitals in the last 24 hours.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) South Pacific Islands: Dengue Fever The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a Dengue Feverdengue fever warning for Fiji following the recent outbreak in neighbouring Pacific Island countries. (Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Brazil: Dengue Fever Brazil reported a total of 230 860 cases of Dengue Fever, including 162 deaths, in Rio de Janeiro in 2008.
(Source: ProMED 26 August 2008) Benin: Avian Influenza, poultry In Benin, 2 chickens purchased from a market in Lokossa were tested positive for the highly pathogenic Avian Influenza virus. (Source: ProMED-mail 25 August 2008) Russia : Enterovirus Infection In Russia, an outbreak of Enterovirus Infection affecting about 300 people, mostly children, was reported in Vladivostok. Half of the cases developed symptoms of meningitis. (Source: ProMED-mail 31 August 2008)
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