DENGUE FEVER:

One case of dengue fever was admitted at the sentinel site for the 22nd morbidity week. The case is a 16 year old female from the municipality of Mariveles. A total of one hundred eleven cases of dengue fever were admitted at the different sentinel sites from January 1 to May 31, 2008. This number of admission is 185% higher compared to the same period last year (39 cases). Ages of cases ranged from 3mos to 48 years old with a median of 18 and mode of 15. Fifty five percent of the cases were male.  

  The municipality with the most number of cases is Limay with 30 cases (27%) followed by Dinalupihan with 28 cases (25%). A total of five fatalities from Dinalupihan, Limay (3) and Mariveles were reported for this year (CFR- 4.5%). No fatality and clustering was reported for this week.

  The Provincial Health Office strongly recommends environmental clean up, search and destroy and health education activities to prevent the increase of dengue cases.

Fig. 1  Distribution of Dengue Fever Cases by Mun/City
Sentinel Hospitals, Bataan                                   
 22nd Morbidity Week , 2007 -  2008                   

Table 1. Notifiable Diseases++ Update
         Sentinel Hospitals, Bataan
                    22nd Morbidity Week,  2007-2008

Fig. 2  Distribution of Dengue Cases by Month
                             Sentinel Sites, Bataan, January  to May 2007-2008   

Table 2  .  Distribution of Dengue Fever Cases by Mun/City
Sentinel Hospitals, Bataan                          
  1st - 22nd Morbidity Week, 2007 -  2008