Travel Health Service Year 2004

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2004

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December
26 December 2004 Health advisory for New Year holidays
USA: Lymphogranuloma venereum
Mali: Yellow fever
Africa: Cholera [Update]
South Africa: Avian influenza, ostriches
Sri Lanka (South): Undiagnosed disease
Japan: Avian influenza, human
Asia: Avian influenza, poultry
Asia: Tsunami
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-16]
Guangzhou: Rotavirus
19 December 2004 Caribbean Sea: malaria
Americas: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome [update]
Congo: Typhoid fever
Africa: Sleeping sickness (African Trypanosomiasis)
Sudan: Poliomyelitis outbreak
Kenya (Mombasa): O'nyong-nyong fever
West Asia: Typhoid fever
Indonesia (Pupua): Dengue fever [update]
Singapore: Dengue fever [update-5]
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-15]
Southeast Asia: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza [update-17]
USA (Colorado): Plague [update]
Travel Health Advisory for Christmas holiday
12 December 2004 Peru: Dengue fever
USA (South Carolina): Rabies
USA(California): visitor got West Nile Fever
South Africa (Eastern Cape): Avian flu H5N2
Kenya: Cholera
Thailand (Phuket): traveller contracted Ancylostomiasis
Beijing: Influenza alert
Indonesia: Cholera
Philippines: Cholera
Indonesia (Lampung): Malaria
Vietnam: visitor contracted Dengue fever
Indonesia: Dengue fever alert
5 December 2004 Dominican Republic: Malaria
United Kingdom: Meningococcal meningitis
Indonesia and Philippines: Gastroenteritis
Hong Kong SAR: Food poisoning
Japan: Hepatitis E virus infection
Singapore: Dengue fever [update-4]
Philippines: Meningococcaemia [update]
November
30 November 2004 Southeast Asia: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza [update-17]
Americas: Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Indonesia: Diarrhoea [update]
China (Guangzhou): Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome
Philippines: Hong Kong visitor contracted dengue fever
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-14]
Burkina Faso: Yellow fever
Philippines: Meningococcaemia
21 November 2004 Africa: Cholera [update-19]
Southern China: Schistosomiasis [update-2]
Dubai: HK visitors contracted bacillary dysentery
Indonesia (West Sumatra): Diarrhoea
India (Tamilnadu): Cholera
India: visitor contracted rabies
Guangdong: Rabies
South-East Asia: Avian Influenza [update-16]
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-13]
14 November 2004 USA (Colorado): Plague, Tularemia [update-3]
West Nile Virus: North America [update-5]
Panama: Malaria, Dengue, Hantavirus
Angola: Malaria
Africa: Cholera [update-18]
Russia (Orenburg): Haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome
Kazakhstan: Hepatitis A [update-2]
Asia: Avian Influenza [update-15]
India: Acute neurological syndrome
Indonesia (East Java): Diarrhoea
Hong Kong SAR: Japanese Encephalitis
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-12]
Macau SAR: Dengue Fever
7 November 2004 Africa: Cholera [update-17]
Europe: Hepatitis A
Kazakhstan: AIDS
Russia (Tyumen): Viral gastroenteritis, rabies
Mainland: Schistosomiasis [Update]
Pearl River Delta: Clonorchiasis
Guangdong : Rabies
Asia: Bacillary dysentery
India: Dengue fever (update-2)
Philippines: HK visitor contracted dengue fever
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-11]
Asia: SARS
Asia: Avian Influenza [update-14]
October
31 October 2004 Africa: Cholera [update-16]
Indonesia: Anthrax
Asia: Avian Influenza [update-13]
India (Maharashtra): Malaria and Dengue fever
Hong Kong SAR: Malaria, imported
Taiwan: Malaria, imported
Taiwan: Dengue fever [update-10]
Zhijiang: Dengue fever
Qinghai: Plague
24 October 2004 Cholera: Africa [update-15]
Typhoid fever: Kyrgyzstan [update]
Cholera : Myanmar
Dengue fever: Vietnam [update-6]
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [update-9]
Dengue fever : Singapore [update-3]
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Singapore
Avian Influenza: [update-12]
Bubonic Plague: USA [update-2]
17 October 2004 Yellow fever: Venezuela [update-2)
West Nile Virus: North America [update-4]
Poliomyelitis: Africa, South Asia [update-4]
Infectious Disease Statistics: Mainland
Food parasites alert: Mainland
Cholera: Singapore
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [update-8]
Dengue fever : Fujian
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Philippines [update]
10 October 2004 Poliomyelitis: Africa [update-3]
West Nile Virus: North America [update-3]
Dengue Fever: Americas [update]
Malaria, imported: United States
Food poisoning, transit: HSKAR, ex-Thailand
Cholera, imported: Hong Kong SAR
Dengue Fever: Saudia Arabia
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [update-7]
Avian Influenza: Asia [update-11]
3 October 2004 Cholera: Africa [update-14]
Hepatitis E: Sudan [update]
Hepatitis outbreak: Central Asia
Cholera: Myanmar
Malaria: India (Mumbai)
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [update-6]
Dengue Fever, imported: Hong Kong
Avian Influenza: Asia [update-10]
September
29 September 2004 Avian Influenza: [update-10]
26 September 2004 Cholera: Africa [Update-13]
Undiagnosed deaths: India (Uttar Pradesh)
Dengue Fever: Singapore [update-4]
Dengue fever: Taiwan [update-5]
Dengue Fever: Vietnam [Update-5]
Avian Influenza: Asia [update-9]
Travel Health tips for autumn holidays
19 September 2004 Cholera: Africa [Update-12]
Fatal viral disease outbreak: India
Avian Influenza: Asia [Update-8]
Influenza alert: Shenzhen
Cholera: Philippines
Dengue Fever: Singapore [update-3]
Dengue Fever: Vietnam [update-4]
Dengue fever : Thailand
Dengue fever imported: Guangdong
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Philippines
12 September 2004 Avian Influenza: Asia [update-7]
Rabies: Morocco
Cholera: Africa [Update-11]
Typhoid fever: Tajikistan
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Iran
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [Update - 4]
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR
West Nile Virus: North American [update-2]
Yellow Fever: Venezuela [update]
5 September 2004 Avian Influenza: Asia [ update-6 ]
Rabies alert : France
Anthrax: Mongolia
Yellow Fever: Venezuela
West Nile Virus: North America [update - 2]
Dengue fever: India (New Delhi)
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [Update - 3]
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Philippines
Malaria, imported from India and Cameroon
Malaria : Kyrgyzstan
Leptospirosis : India (Gujarat)
Typhoid fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Nepal
Food Poisoning, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Shenzhen
Cholera, Hepatitis E outbreaks: Chad
Haemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome : Russia (Tatarstan)
Bubonic Plague: USA (Colorado) [update]
Plague: Gansu and Qinghai
August
29 August 2004 Poliomyelitis outbreak: Africa [update-2]
Food Poisoning, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Thailand
Hepatitis A, imported:Europe, ex-Egypt
Cholera: Africa [update-10]
Malaria: Jiangsu
Dengue fever: Taiwan [update-3]
Dengue Fever: Guangxi
Highly pathogenic avian influenza : Asia [update-5]
Bubonic Plague: USA (Colorado)
22 August 2004 Malaria: China
Legionnaires’ disease: Spain
Hepatitis A : Belgium (Flemish region)
West Nile Virus: USA [update]
Avian influenza: Viet Nam [update]
15 August 2004 West Nile Virus: USA
West Nile virus, suspected: Japan Ex USA
West Nile virus, suspected: Canada (Ontario)
Rabies: Philippines
Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (H5N2): South Africa
Hepatitis E infection: Sudan
Dengue fever: Singapore
Avian influenza: Viet Nam
8 August 2004 West Nile Virus
Meliodosis – Taiwan
Malaria: Bangladesh (Dhaka)
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI): Asia [update-4]
Gastroenteritis: Mainland
Dengue fever alert: Southeast Asia
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [update-2]
Anthrax: Tajikistan (Khatlon)
Acute Mountain Sickness death: Xizang, China
1 August 2004 West Nile virus: Ireland ex-Portugal
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI): Asia [update-3]
Tick-borne Relapsing fever: USA
Typhoid fever: Tajikistan (Dushanbe)
Typhoid fever : Russia, Ukraine
Cholera: Africa [update-9]
Cholera alert: South Korea
Cholera, imported: Taiwan, ex-Philippines
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Pakistan; ex-India
Dengue fever: Sri Lanka [update-8]
Dengue fever: Philippines [update]
Dengue fever : Singapore [update]
Dengue fever, imported: Taiwan, ex-Thailand
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong, ex-Cambodia
Plague outbreak, suspected: DR Congo
July
25 July 2004 Notifiable Infectious Diseases: Mainland
Epidemic haemorrhagic fever: Beijing
Diarrheal disease: Nepal
Diarrheal disease: Pakistan
Cholera: Philippines
Dengue fever : Singapore
Dengue: Viet Nam [update-3]
Dengue Fever: Sri Lanka [update-7]
Dengue Fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Thailand
Poliomyelitis: Nigeria [update]
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI): Asia [update-2]
18 July 2004 AIDS/HIV: Asia
Leptospirosis: Kenya
Rabies: Colombia
Anthrax: Mongolia
Typhoid fever: Kyrgyzstan
Hepatitis A: South Korea
Dengue Fever: Bangladesh [update-2]
Dengue Fever : Bhutan
Dengue Fever: Myanmar
Dengue Fever: Taiwan [update]
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Papua New Guinea
Avian influenza: Asia [update]
11 July 2004 Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever: Kazakhstan
Cholera: Africa [ update-8 ]
Cholera, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Philippines
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Cameroon
Dengue fever: Philippines
Dengue Fever : Malaysia
Dengue Fever : Sri Lanka [ update-6 ]
Dengue Fever : Taiwan
Dengue fever: Bangladesh [ update ]
Dengue fever, imported: HKSAR ex-Thailand, Bangladesh
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI): Asia
4 July 2004 Myiasis, imported: Taiwan
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever: Pakistan
Diarrhoea disease: Nepal
Cholera: Belgium ex India
Cholera: Philippines
Cholera, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Philippines
Japanese encephalitis: Vietnam
Malaria: Philippines
Dengue fever: Bangladesh (Dhaka)
Dengue fever: Viet Nam [update-2]
Mosquito-borne diseases, imported: Taiwan
Travel Health Tips for Summer Holidays
June
27 June 2004 Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Sudan [update-2]
Poliomyelitis epidemic warning: Africa
Malaria: Indonesia
Dengue fever: Vietnam [update-1]
Dengue Fever : Sri Lanka [update-5]
Yellow Fever: South Americas [update]
20 June 2004 Leptospirosis : Kenya
Typhoid : Hong Kong SAR, ex-Cambodia
Cholera : India [update-2]
Cholera : Africa [update-7]
Dengue : Saudi Arabia
Dengue Fever : Indonesia [update -11]
Dengue Fever : Sri Lanka [Update-4]
Malaria: Uganda
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Myanmar
Plague alert : USA (Colorado)
13 June 2004 Hepatitis E: Iraq
Hemorrhagic fever: Russia
Dengue fever: Vietnam [update]
Malaria deaths : UK
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Ghana
Cholera - Hong Kong
6 June 2004 Avian Influenza Virus A (H10N7): Egypt
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: Sudan
Salmonellosis : USA
Bacillary Dysentery: Sri Lanka
Bacillary Dysentery: Taiwan ex Cambodia
Diarrhea : Nepal (Siraha)
Cholera : Uganda
Cholera: Niger
Yellow fever: Burkina Faso [Update]
Dengue Fever: Venezuela
Dengue Fever alert : Macao SAR
Dengue Fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Indonesia, ex-Cambodia, ex-Singapore
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex- Indonesia
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Nigeria
May
30 May 2004 Poliomyelitis: Botswana [Update]
Schistosomiasis: China
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1: Thailand
Nipah virus: Bangladesh
Rabies: Brazil
Rabies: Kenya
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever: Pakistan
Ebola hemorrhagic fever:Sudan [update]
Dengue fever : Indonesia [update - 10]
Dengue fever: Sri Lanka [update -3]
Dengue fever : Taiwan [update]
Malaria: Kyrgyzstan
Malaria: Western Pacific Region
Plague (prairie dogs) : USA
cholera and Diarrhoea : South America
cholera : Africa [update – 7]
Cholera and Diarrhoea : India [update]
23 May 2004 Meningitis: Cote d’Ivorie
Meningitis: Burkina Faso
Acute hemorrhagic fever : Sudan
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Beijing and Anhui [Update 2]
Dengue Fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Indonesia
Malaria outbreak : Zimbabwe
Bacillary Dysentery, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Egypt
16 May 2004 African trypanosomiasis: Angola
Tick typhus: Russia
Norovirus: Australia
Avian Influenza: Canada
Dengue fever: Sri Lanka [update - 2]
Dengue Fever: Vietnam [Update]
Dengue fever: Indonesia [update 9]
Yellow fever: Burkina Faso
Plague: Ecuador
9 May 2004 Anthrax: Mongolia
Dengue Fever: Australia [Update - 2]
Dengue Fever: Sri Lanka [Update]
Malaria, imported: Hong Kong SAR, ex-Nigeria
2 May 2004 Ross River virus: Australia
Diarrheal disease: Bangladesh
Diarrheal disease : Nepal
Cholera: Brazil
Cholera: Africa [update-6]
Cholera: India [update-2]
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Beijing and Anhui [Update]
Plague warning: Russia
April
25 April 2004 Lassa fever: Sierra Leone
Shigellosis imported: Taiwan ex- Indonesia
Cholera : Africa [Update – 5]
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Malaysia
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Beijing, Anhui
18 April 2004 Communicable diseases: Mainland [update]
Poliomyelitis: Botswana ex Nigeria
Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.: Russia
Rabies: Lithuania
Whelk poisoning: Dongsha Islands
Meningococcal Meningitis: Africa [update]
Dengue Fever: Taiwan ex-Philippine
Dengue Fever: Indonesia [update-9]
Yellow fever: Brazil
Cholera: Africa [Update-4]
Cholera, imported: Guangdong
12 April 2004 Chemical powder poisoning - Brazil
Malaria: Angola
Dengue fever: Indonesia [update-8]
Meningococcal disease: Africa
Food poisoning: Japan, Tochigi
Measles and rabies: Democratic Republic of Congo
6 April 2004 Rabies : Israel
Avian influenza A/H7: Canada [update]
Ross River virus: Australia (Queensland)
Dengue fever : Indonesia [update-7]
Cholera: Africa [update-3]
Cholera: India
Cholera, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Thailand
Health Advisory for Easter holidays
March
28 March 2004 Haemorrhagic Fever: Russia
Diphtheria : Russia
Poliomyelitis: Nigeria
Meningococcal meningitis : Beijing
Meningococcal meningitis: Nigeria
Meningococcal meningitis: Burkina Faso
Trypanosomiasis : Democratic Republic of the Congo
Avian Influenza A/H7: Canada
Avian Influenza A/H5: Asia [Update-6]
Dengue fever: Americas [update]
Dengue fever: Vietnam
Dengue fever: Indonesia [update-6]
Hepatitis A: Argentina
Cholera: Africa [update-2]
22 March 2004 Tuberculosis: Global situation
Anthrax: Mongolia
Meningococcal meningitis : Burkina Faso
Avian Influenza : Europe
Avian Influenza A/H5: Asia [Update-5]
Dengue fever: Indonesia [update-4]
Malaria : Cambodia
Cholera: Thailand
Cholera : Africa [update]
Plague: Mongolia
14 March 2004 Infectious diseases: China
Avian Influenza: North America [update]
Avian Influenza A/H5: Asia [Update-4]
Schistosomiasis: China (Hunan)
Malaria imported: Taiwan
Dengue: Fiji
Dengue fever: Australia (Queensland)
Dengue fever: Philippines
Dengue fever: Singapore [update]
Dengue fever: Indonesia [update-4]
7 March 2004 Avian Influenza A/H5: Asia [Update-5]
Yellow fever: Liberia
Dengue fever: Indonesia [update-3]
Dengue fever, imported: Hong Kong SAR ex-Indonesia
February
29 February 2004 Indonesia: Chikungunya fever
India: Leptospirosis
Bangladesh: Nipah-like virus [update]
North America: Avian Influenza A/H5
Asia: Avian influenza A/H5 [update-4]
Peru: Dengue fever
Indonesia: Dengue fever [update-2]
Taiwan: Dengue fever, imported
Hong Kong SAR: Dengue Fever, imported
22 February 2004 Africa: Cholera [Update]
USA: Gastroenteritis on cruise ship
Asia: Avian influenza A/H5 [update-3]
Indonesia : Dengue fever [update]
20 February 2004 Honduras: Dengue fever
Sri Lanka: Dengue fever
Australia ( Queensland): Dengue fever
Singapore: Dengue Fever
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
15 February 2004 Angola: Trypanosomiasis
Bangladesh: Nipah-like virus
Hong Kong SAR, ex-Thailand, ex-Laos: Dengue Fever
Asia: Avian influenza A/H5[update-2]
8 February 2004 Hong Kong SAR ex-Thailand: Cholera, imported
Venezuela: Dengue fever
Guangdong: SARS
USA: Avian influenza
Asia: Avian influenza A/H5 [update]
1 February 2004 Americas: Dengue fever [update]
Vietnam: Avian influenza A/H5 [update]
Asia: Avian influenza A/H5
January
25 January 2004 Colombia: Yellow Fever
Indonesia: Dengue Fever
Hong Kong SAR: Dengue Fever, imported
Thailand: Avian influenza A (H5N1)
Vietnam: Avian influenza A (H5N1)
18 January 2004 Americas: Dengue [update]
Hong Kong SAR, ex-Philippines: Dengue Fever, imported
Vietnam: Avian Influenza
Guangdong: SARS
11 January 2004 Hong Kong SAR ex-Thailand : Food poisoning outbreaks [update]
Cholera : Africa [update-5]
Health Advisory for Lunar New Year holidays
4 January 2004 Philippines: Dengue fever
Indonesia (Java): Dengue fever
Bangladesh (Dhaka): Dengue [update-2]
Hong Kong SAR, ex-Philippines : Dengue Fever, imported [update]
Hong Kong SAR ex-Thailand: Food poisoning outbreaks