英文摘要 |
In 2011, 1,702 cases of dengue fever (incidence rate: 7.34 per 100,000 population) were confirmed, which showed a decline when compared with 1,896 confirmed cases (incidence rate: 8.19 per 100,000 population) in 2010. Also, 22 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome (incidence rate: 0.09 per 100,000 population) were confirmed in 2011, which showed a slight increase when compared with 21 cases (incidence rate: 0.09 per 100,000 population) in 2010. Of the 1,702 confirmed cases, there were 157 imported cases and 1,545 indigenous cases, including 22 confirmed cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (2 imported and 20 indigenous). Those imported dengue hemorrhagic fever cases were resident in Taichung City (1 case) and Tainan City (1 case); and indigenous cases were resident in Kaohsiung City (19 cases) and Pintung County (1 case) . |