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List of Outbreak Investigations in 2010 (Updated 20 August 2010)
Responded by National Rapid Response Team (NRRT)
| Serial Number |
Outbreak notification
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Place of occurence
|
Suspected Outbreak
|
Steps Taken by IEDCR
|
Conclusion
|
| 1. |
Hospital Based Nipah Surveillance,Daily Prothom Alo,January 12,2010 |
Village- Algi, Upazilla – Vanga,
Faridpur. |
Encephalitis |
1.Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Animal investigation
4. Environmental investigation done on January 14, 2010
|
Nipah outbreak |
| 2. |
Daily Star, Prothom Alo, January 17, 18, 2010 |
Cox’s Bazar |
Pneumonia |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Bacteriological investigation
|
Pneumonia outbreak |
| 3. |
Amader Somoi, March 4, 2010 |
Lama, Bandarban |
Small pox (as reported by news paper) |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Environmental investigation
|
Chicken pox |
| 4. |
Hospital B ased Nipah Surveillance, Faridpur Medical College Hospital March 7, 2010 |
Faridpur |
Nipah |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Animal investigation
4. Environmental investigation done on March 8, 2010
|
Nipah outbreak |
| 5. |
Centre for Women and Child Health (CWCH), March 12, 2010 |
Ashulia, Dhaka |
Bronchiolitis |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Laboratory investigation done on March 15, 2010
|
Bronchiolitis outbreak |
| 6. |
Office of the Health Secretary on March 2010, following newspaper report on June 7, 2010 |
Barapukuria |
Suspected water contamination from power plant |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on March 27, 2010
|
Investigation ongoing |
| 7. |
Daily Star April 20, 2010 |
Ghatail upazilla, Tangail |
Anthrax |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on April 21, 2010
|
Cutaneous anthrax |
| 8. |
Prothom Alo, May 8, 2010 |
Ghatail upazilla, Tangail |
Anthrax |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on April 21, 2010
|
Cutaneous anthrax |
| 9. |
Event-based surveillance, June 6, 2010 |
Vuyapur |
Anthrax |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on June 20, 2010
|
Cutaneous anthrax |
| 10. |
Kaler Kontho, July 2, 2010 |
Nowga |
Unknown poisoning |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on April 21, 2010
|
Insecticide poisoning |
| 11. |
Kaler Kontho, July 9, 2010 |
Issharganj |
Mass psychogenic illness |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on April 21, 2010
|
Mass psychogenic illness |
| 12. |
Vorer Dak, July 21, 2010 |
Meherpur |
Suspected Pneumonia |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Environmental investigation on July 23, 2010
|
Bronchiolitis |
| 13. |
Several newspaper and TV news August 18-25, 2010 |
Shajadpur, Sirajganj
Shathia, Pabna
Belkuchi, Sirajganj
Kamarkhund, Sirajganj
|
Cutaneous Anthrax |
1. Epidemiological investigation
2. Anthropological investigation
3. Environmental investigation done on August 19, 2010 and ongoing
|
Cutaneous anthrax |
List of Outbreak Investigations in 2010 (Updated 20 August 2010)
Responded by District/Upazilla Rapid Response Team (DRRT/URRT)
| Serial Number |
Outbreak notification
|
Place of occurence
|
Suspected Outbreak
|
Steps Taken by IEDCR
|
Conclusion
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| 1. |
Daily Star, January 3, 2010 |
Jaintapur Upazilla, Sylhet district |
Unknown disease |
Notified Civil Surgeon to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Not outbreak |
| 2. |
The New Age, March 4, 2010 |
RMCH, Rajshahi City |
Jaundice |
Notified Civil Surgeon, Rajshahi, Director Rajshahi, and Chief Health Officer, Rajshahi City Coorporation to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Hepatitis A and Hepatitis E outbreak confirmed by local experts |
| 3. |
Prothom Alo, March 22, 2010 |
Gopalganj District Hospital |
Bronchiolitis |
Notified Civil Surgeon to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Not outbreak |
| 4. |
Ittefaq, March 25, 2010 |
Gouripur, Mymensingh |
Diarrhoea |
Notified Civil Surgeon to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Investigation ongoing |
| 5. |
Event based surveillance, March 27, 2010 |
Ostogram, Kishorganj |
Unknown disease |
Notified UH&FPO to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Investigation ongoing |
| 6. |
Kaler Kontho,
July 2, 2010
|
Nowga |
Unknown animal scratch |
Notified UH&FPO to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Unknown animal scratch |
| 7. |
Kaler Kontho
July 24, 2010
|
Nilfamari |
Food poisoning |
Notified UH&FPO to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Food poisoning |
| 8. |
Jonokontho, July 20, 2010 |
Pabna General Hospital |
Diarrhoea |
Notified DRRT to investigate the outbreak and send detailed report |
Diarrhoea |
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