Table 2.
Number of imported, domestic and unknown origin cases for diseases with one or more imported one, 1999–2008a
| Diseases | Imported | Domestic | Unknown | Total | Imported rateb | Incidence rate(1)c | Incidence rate(2)d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigellosise | 3847 | 1611 | 207 | 5665 | 0.70 | 1.40 | 25.87 |
| Amebiasis | 867 | 3648 | 667 | 5182 | 0.19 | 3.18 | 5.83 |
| Malaria | 802 | 0 | 0 | 802 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 5.39 |
| Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli infection | 552 | 31,774 | 1228 | 33,554 | 0.02 | 27.70 | 3.71 |
| Acuired immunodeficiency syndrome | |||||||
| Asymptomatic | 479 | 4849 | 674 | 6002 | 0.09 | 4.23 | 3.22 |
| AIDS | 508 | 2160 | 540 | 3208 | 0.19 | 1.88 | 3.42 |
| Others | 62 | 547 | 72 | 681 | 0.10 | 0.48 | 0.42 |
| Typhoid fevere | 456 | 110 | 38 | 604 | 0.81 | 0.10 | 3.07 |
| Dengue fever | 449 | 0 | 0 | 449 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 3.02 |
| Hepatitis A | 431 | 2709 | 129 | 3269 | 0.14 | 2.36 | 2.90 |
| Giardiasis | 346 | 388 | 114 | 848 | 0.47 | 0.34 | 2.33 |
| Cholerae | 332 | 95 | 11 | 438 | 0.78 | 0.08 | 2.23 |
| Paratyphoid fevere | 283 | 26 | 13 | 322 | 0.92 | 0.02 | 1.90 |
| Hepatitis B | 186 | 2420 | 162 | 2768 | 0.07 | 2.11 | 1.25 |
| Syphilis | 153 | 5042 | 669 | 5864 | 0.03 | 4.40 | 1.03 |
| Hepatitis E | 65 | 211 | 2 | 278 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.44 |
| Legionellosis | 55 | 2389 | 37 | 2481 | 0.02 | 2.08 | 0.37 |
| Cryptosporidiosis | 34 | 230 | 1 | 265 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.23 |
| Coccidioidomycosis | 21 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0.95 | 0.00 | 0.14 |
| Scrub typhus | 20 | 4075 | 7 | 4102 | 0.00 | 3.55 | 0.13 |
| Meningococcal meningitis | 17 | 102 | 8 | 127 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.11 |
| Lyme disease | 14 | 87 | 0 | 101 | 0.14 | 0.08 | 0.09 |
| Echinococcosis | |||||||
| Echinococcus granulosus | 11 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 0.73 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
| Echinococcus multilocularis | 1 | 149 | 4 | 154 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.01 |
| Leptospirosis | 7 | 88 | 0 | 95 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Psittacosis | 7 | 292 | 2 | 301 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.05 |
| Q fever | 6 | 151 | 3 | 160 | 0.04 | 0.13 | 0.04 |
| Hepatitis C | 6 | 588 | 50 | 644 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 0.04 |
| Brucellosis | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| Tetanus | 4 | 847 | 7 | 858 | 0.00 | 0.74 | 0.03 |
| Acute encephalitisf | 3 | 824 | 21 | 848 | 0.00 | 1.08 | 0.03 |
| Rabies | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
a
The data in 1999 is from April to December, 2008 from January to March.
b
Rate of imported/(imported + domestic) cases.
c
Incidence rate is per year per 1,000,000 population in 1999–2008.
d
Incidence rate is per year per 1,000,000 outbound travelers in 1999–2008.
e
The cases includes clinical ones with epidemiological links without laboratory confirmation only consistent with clinical case definition were reported, but the number of cases per sentinel was not calculated.
f
Acute encephalitis had been reported as a sentinel reporting disease until November 4, 2003.