Wednesday, September 10, 2014

PRO/MBDS> Conjunctivitis - Thailand: alert, coxsackievirus A24

Conjunctivitis -- Worldwide/Unknown

The Department of Disease Control, a division of the Thai Ministry of Public Health, recently reported that the number of pink eye (conjunctivitis) patients [from 1 Jan to 1 Sep 2014] has increased to 160 906 cases from all 77 provinces of Thailand. The estimated attack rate was 253 per 100 000 in the overall population. Most cases were between the ages of 35-45 (12.4 percent), followed by cases in the age groups 45-54 and 25-34. The 5 provinces in Thailand with the highest rate are Ubon



Source: HealthMap Global Disease Alerts http://ift.tt/1qiFUjP

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