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Reported
Cases
The total number of
reported cases and deaths of DF/DHF from nine countries of the SEA Region for the period 1985-2006 is included in the following Table 1 Total cases ranged from 46,458 (1986) to 218,821
(1998) and 188,684 (2006). Since 2003 the trend of reported dengue cases is
rising although the
case fatality rate is maintained below 1%..Figure 2. Till 2003 Thailand reported the highest
number of dengue cases in the region. Since 2004 Indonesia reports the highest number of cases from
the region. In 2006 57 % of the cases were reported from Indonesia
alone.
Figure 3: Thailand reported the highest number of dengue
cases in the Region till 2003; from 2004 onwards Indonesia reported highest number
of dengue cases in the region. In 2006 Indonesia reported 57% of the
dengue cases in the region.
South East Asia Region : Reported dengue cases (1885 –
2006)
In 2006 most countries have reported increase in dengue
cases (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia,
Thailand, Maldives and Sri
Lanka) whereas India,
Myanmar
and Timor Leste have reported slightly lesser cases
than in 2005. Nepal
reported dengue cases for the first time in November 2006.
In 2006 countries that reported less than 1% of the total
cases are Bhutan, Nepal
and Timor Leste.
Maldives, and Bangladesh reported about 1% of the cases, India, Myanmar
and Sri Lanka reported 6% each , Thailand 23% and Indonesia
reported 57 % of the dengue cases in the South East Asia
region of WHO. Figure 4
Figure 4:
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