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INFECTIONS
Number of Cases reported

INFECTION
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
A.I.D.S.
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
5
2
8
0
Bronchopneumonia
53
57
65
63
18
53
13
9
4
5
Pneumonia
1
45
20
15
8
22
15
4
9
7
Brucellosis
7
19
20
17
12
29
24
36
61
9
Chickenpox
215
392
276
461
318
302
574
752
386
427
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Dydentry, bacilary
n/a
n/a
n/a
213
5
-
3
0
0
3
Erysipelas
2
3
5
7
6
9
11
1
1
1
Food poisoning
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
41
385
207
Hepatatis, infectious
9
20
23
32
21
14
25
9
10
14
Legionellosis
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2
0
0
Leishmaniasis
7
19
4
6
15
4
8
8
20
17
Measles
14
121
1530
620
58
175
1844
38
17
17
Meningitis, menningococcal
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
n/a
n/a
n/a
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rubella
20
54
102
57
58
3466
269
55
28
30
Scarlet fever
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
5
0
0
Tetanus
8
4
1
5
3
1
1
0
0
0
Tetanus neonatorum
n/a
n/a
n/a
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
24
26
13
24
15
11
14
14
12
16
Tuberculosis, other
7
8
12
2
9
17
12
10
6
11
Typhoid
0
13
14
4
4
5
4
4
5
6
Typhus, murine
13
19
27
23
24
46
34
41
46
37
Whooping Cough
2
68
144
15
4
140
197
5
9
3
INFECTION
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
A.I.D.S.
1
7
4
3
 5
3
4 
 3
7
 
Bronchopneumonia/pneumonia
Influenza
16
15
17
2
29
n/a
11
2
 22
115
27
1
19
0
 3
26
3
0
 
Giardiasis
2
0
 
0
 
 
 
 2
0
 
Brucellosis
21
7
7
6
8 
225 
18 
 1
4
 
Chickenpox
679
657
894
363
681 
429 
750 
 463
513
 
Diphtheria
0
0
0
0
0 
0 
0 
 0
0
 
Dysentry, bacilary
2
0
1
15
4 
0 
3 
 0
0
 
Erysipelas
3
1
2
2
2 
1 
3 
 0
5
 
Food poisoning (incl. Salmonella)
77
397
67
57
168 
 119
110 
 203
226
 
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis nA nB
6
10
3
3
18
1
 ] 
]27
] 
2
14
5
] 
]17
] 
] 
]12
] 
] 
]12
] 
3
9
7
9
3
2
 
Legionellosis
2
0
0
0
 0
0 
0 
0 
2
 
Leishmaniasis, cutaneous
Leshmaniasis, visceral
18
15
17
13
 ] 
]26
5
2
] 
]7
] 
]14
] 
]16
5
3
26
6
 
Measles
6
8
44
3
 8
27 
16 
5 
3 
 
Meningitis, menningococcal
Meningitis, bacterial
Menningococcal septicaemia
2
2
?
0
4
0
 
0
5
1
 ] 
]14
n/a
] 
]6
2
] 
]17
2
12
4
4
10
17
19
 
Poliomyelitis
0
0
0
0
0 
0 
0 
0
0
0 
Rubella
14
14
6
16
19 
416 
24 
21
8
 
Scarlet fever
1
1
1
0
1 
0 
0 
1
0 
 
Tetanus
Tetanus neonatorum
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
 1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
 
Mumps
7
12
 
6
 
 
 
8 
 8
 
Tuberculosis, pulmonary
Tuberculosis, other
13
6
13
9
17
13
16
6
19
5
4
2
14
8
9
2
12
4
 
Leptospirsis
Malaria (exogenous)
2
3
3
5
 
1
3
 
 
 
1
6
0
1
 
Typhoid
3
4
0
0
 1
0 
1 
 2
0 
 
Typhus, murine
Typhus, tick-borne
Typhus, scrub
48
0
1
33
0
0
20
0
0
37
0
0
33

 
52

 
26

 
34
2
0
42
23
0
 
Whooping Cough
106
251
2
1
 36
59 
10 
12 
4 
 

 
  
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