Weekly Epidemiological Record articles from March 2002

Weekly Epidemiological Record archives from March 2002

Dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever, Brazil.(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Dengue/dengue haemorrhagic fever, Brazil. As of 19 March, the health authorities had reported 104 469 cases of dengue and 40 deaths in Rio de Janeiro state. In the city of Rio de Janeiro, the municipal health authority reported a total of 49...

Ebola, Gabon (update).(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Ebola, Gabon (update). [1] On 20 March, the Ministry of Health reported 60 confirmed cases, including 50 deaths. Suspect cases continue to be investigated. [1] See No. 11, 2002, p. 81.

Ebola, Congo (update).(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Ebola, Congo (update). [2] As of 22 March, 32 confirmed cases, including 19 deaths, had been reported in villages in Cuvette region; 18 contacts are being followed. Ebola haemorrhagic fever has now been laboratory-confirmed in the Kelle area....

Meningococcal disease, Burkina Faso (update).(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Meningococcal disease, Burkina Faso (update). [1] As of 20 March, 3 579 cases had been reported, including 544 deaths (case-fatality rate, 15%), from all parts of the country. The epidemic threshold has been reached in 12 out of 15 districts,...

Progress towards the global eradication of poliomyelitis, 2001.
March 29, 2002... The global polio eradication initiative, launched following the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution to eradicate poliomyelitis worldwide, has made remarkable progress. From 1988 through the end of 2001, the number of countries where polio...

Influenza.(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Australia (22 March 2002). [1] An outbreak of influenza was detected in a nursing home of elderly residents in Melbourne. Over 40 polymerase chain reaction tests were carried out, further to which 5 patients tested positive for influenza...

Criteria used in compiling the infected area list.(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Based on the International Health Regulations the following criteria are used in compiling and maintaining the infected area list (only official governmental information is used): I. An area is entered in the list on receipt of...

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS.(Brief Article)
March 29, 2002... Notifications of diseases received from 22 to 28 March 2002 Cholera Cases / Deaths Africa Mali 20.II 1 0 Uganda 11.II-3.III 56 8...

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo (update).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo (update). [1] As of 14 March, the Ministry of Health had reported 6 601 cases of cholera and 502 deaths in 24 of the 40 health zones in Katanga province, since the outbreak began in November 2001. ...

Progress towards tuberculosis control, India, 2001 [1].(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Every year, approximately 2 million persons in India develop tuberculosis (TB), accounting for one-fourth of the world's new TB cases. Organized TB control activities have existed in India for 40 years; however the quality of diagnosis and...

Impact of large-scale rectal artesunate deployment in the emergency management of malaria.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2002... Invitation for statements of interest to participate in a collaborative multicountry study WHO is inviting letters of interest from scientists interested in participating in a collaborative study to assess the impact of large-scale rectal...

Influenza.(Europe, Scandinavia, March 2002)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2002... Croatia (15 March 2002). [1] The third week of March was the sixth week of epidemic activity, although the number of influenza cases has been declining. Influenza A(H3N2) and B cases continued to be reported. Latvia (9 March 2002). [2]...

Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication, Egypt, 2001 - Incidence of polio : CORRIGENDUM TO No. 9, 2002, p.72.(Correction Notice)
March 22, 2002... (Change shown in bold) First paragraph, sixth line Please read "...5 virologically-confirmed polio cases were detected in Egypt..."

WHO websites on infectious diseases.
March 22, 2002... WHO websites on infectious diseases Antimicrobial resistance http://oms2.b3e.jussieu.fr/arinfobank/ information bank Buruli ulcer http://www.who.int/gtb-buruli Deliberate use of biological or chemical agents...

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS.
March 22, 2002... Notifications of diseases received from 15 to 21 March 2002 Cholera Cases / Deaths Africa Democratic Republic of the 11.II-11.III Congo 1 189 84 Democratic...

Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo.(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... Cholera, Democratic Republic of the Congo. As of 5 March, the Ministry of Health had reported 5 021 cases of cholera and 407 deaths in Katanga province since the outbreak began in November 2001. A total of 8 health zones in this province,...

Ebola, Gabon (update).(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... Ebola, Gabon (update).[1] On 4 March, the Ministry of Public Health and Population reported 60 confirmed cases, including 49 deaths. Contact-tracing and follow-up are continuing. [1] See No. 9, 2002, pp. 69-70.

Meningococcal disease, Burkina Faso.(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... Meningococcal disease, Burkina Faso. As of 3 March, a total of 1 874 cases and 329 deaths had been reported in the country since the outbreak began in December 2001. In addition to the district of Diebougou, the districts of Pama, Pissy and...

Meningococcal disease, Ethiopia (update).(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... Meningococcal disease, Ethiopia (update).[1] As of 3 March, the Ministry of Health had reported a total of 2 329 cases of meningococcal disease in the country, including 118 deaths, since the onset of the outbreak in September 2001. The worst...

Intermittent malaria treatment as a component of the EPI schedule in Africa : Invitation for letters of interest to participate in collaborative studies.(Expanded Programme on Immunization)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... WHO is inviting letters of interest from scientists interested in participating in collaborative studies to quantify the survival benefit from intermittent malaria treatment given as a component of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI)...

PERFORMANCE OF ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS (AFP) SURVEILLANCE AND INCIDENCE OF POLIOMYELITIS, 2001-2002.(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... PERFORMANCE OF ACUTE FLACCID PARALYSIS (AFP) SURVEILLANCE AND INCIDENCE OF POLIOMYELITIS, 2001-2002 (DATA RECEIVED IN WHO HEADQUARTERS AS OF 27 FEBRUARY 2002) Performance of AFP surveillance, 2002 ...

Influenza.(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... Austria (9 March 2002).[1] After 3 weeks of local outbreaks in January, influenza activity has been sporadic. Compared to the previous season, influenza activity in general has been low. Brazil (9 March 2002). Since the beginning of the...

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS.(Brief Article)
March 15, 2002... Notifications of diseases received from 8 to 14 March 2002 No notifications received this week Ports designated in application of the International Health Regulations Amendments to 1998 publication D EX ...

Influenza A(H1N2) viruses (update)[1].(Brief Article)
March 8, 2002... Between September 2001 and February 2002, reassortant influenza A(H1N2) viruses have been isolated from outbreaks or sporadic cases in Canada, Egypt, France, India, Israel, Latvia, Malaysia, Oman, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United...

Influenza.(Brief Article)
March 8, 2002... Belarus (25 February 2002). [1] Since the first week of February, the influenza-like illness rate has increased in all parts of the country, with outbreaks reported in most cities. Activity increased further during the following 2 weeks and...

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS.(Brief Article)
March 8, 2002... Notifications of diseases received from 1 to 7 March 2002 Cholera Cases / Deaths Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.XI.2001-3.III.2002 5 021 407 Uganda ...

Infected areas as at 7 March 2002.
March 8, 2002... For criteria used in compiling this list, see No. 9, 2002, p. 76 - Newly reported areas X Plague Africa Dem. Rep. of Congo Haut Zaire Province Ituri Sub-Region Mahagi Administrative Zone Madagascar ...

Plague, India.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Plague, India. As of 19 February, the Ministry of Health had reported a total of 16 cases of pneumonic plague (including 4 deaths) in Hat Koti village, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh state, since the onset of the outbreak on 4 February....

Meningococcal disease, Ethiopia.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Meningococcal disease, Ethiopia. As of 3 February, the Ministry of Health had reported a total of 1 332 cases of meningococcal disease (including 185 deaths), mainly in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region, since the onset of...

Ebola, Gabon (update).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Ebola, Gabon (update).[1] On 23 February, the Ministry of Health reported 57 confirmed cases, including 48 deaths. Contact-tracing and follow-up are continuing. [1] See No. 7, 2002, p. 49.

Progress towards poliomyelitis eradication, Egypt, 2001.(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Since the 1988 World Health Assembly resolution on the global eradication of poliomyelitis, the estimated number of polio cases globally has decreased by more than 99%. Two WHO regions - the Americas and the Western Pacific - have been...

Influenza.(Europe, February 2002)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2002... Croatia (18 February 2002).[1] Additional influenza A and B cases were detected and confirmed by virus isolations from various hospitals in Zagreb and other parts of the country. Influenza activity increased rapidly during the second week of...

Criteria used in compiling the infected area list.(plague, yellow fever and cholera)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Based on the International Health Regulations the following criteria are used in compiling and maintaining the infected area list (only official governmental information is used): I. An area is entered in the list on receipt of...

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS.
March 1, 2002... Notifications of diseases received from 22 to 28 February 2002 Cholera Cases / Death Africa Mozambique 9.XI.2001-13.II.2002 4 131 32 Uganda 1.I.2002-3.II.2002 ...