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. 2008 Nov 14;2(Suppl 3):S2. doi: 10.1186/1753-6561-2-s3-s2

Table 2.

Alert-episodes identified through electronic early warning in Lebanon for the period from 2005-W01 to 2005-W28.

# Disease (ICD-10)a District Abnormal Signals Cases Clusterc

Starting Week Ending Week No. of Weeksb Cases Count Starting Week Confirmed Cases No. of Affected Localities
1 A01 Chouf W04 W04 1 3 W03 0 2 No
2 A01 Rashaya W10 W26 8 23 W08 0 11 Yes
3 A23 Baalbeck W13 W13 1 5 W05 0 3 No
4 A06 Kesrwan W20 W26 5 10 W16 6 4 Yes
5 A23 Nabatieh W21 W21 1 4 W17 0 2 No
6 A01 Aley W22 W23 2 12 W19 3 4 Yes
7 B15 Chouf W22 W23 2 5 W21 3 3 Yes
8 A01 Menieh-Dennieh W23 W28 3 49 W17 14 2 Yes
9 A01 Tripoli W23 W23 1 5 W20 2 1 Yes
10 A06 Beirut W28 W28 1 3 W23 3 - No
11 A23 Metn W28 W28 1 5 W20 0 4 Yes

a International Classification of Diseases – Version 10; b Number of weeks with abnormal signals; c Temporo-spatial cluster.