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Emerg Infect Dis ; 24(11): 2084-2086, 2018 11.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30334727

ABSTRACT

We report a fatal autochthonous diphtheria case in a migrant worker in Singapore. This case highlights the risk for individual cases in undervaccinated subpopulations, despite high vaccination coverage in the general population. Prompt implementation of public health measures and maintaining immunization coverage are critical to prevent reemergence of diphtheria.


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Bacterial Vaccines/immunology , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/diagnosis , Contact Tracing , Corynebacterium diphtheriae/immunology , Diphtheria/diagnosis , Bangladesh , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/epidemiology , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/prevention & control , Communicable Diseases, Emerging/transmission , Corynebacterium diphtheriae/isolation & purification , Diphtheria/epidemiology , Diphtheria/prevention & control , Diphtheria/transmission , Disease Notification , Fatal Outcome , Humans , Male , Phylogeny , Public Health , Singapore/epidemiology , Travel , Vaccination Coverage , Young Adult
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J Clin Virol ; 49(2): 111-4, 2010 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20674479

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: In Singapore, the first local outbreak of chikungunya was reported in January 2008, followed by a larger outbreak occurred in August 2008. During the initial outbreak period, a strict containment strategy was adopted and all chikungunya PCR-confirmed cases were isolated and hospitalised at the designated national outbreak management centre. OBJECTIVES: To detail daily clinical and laboratory features of chikungunya cases during acute illness, and determine factors associated with persistent arthralgia at week 6. STUDY DESIGN: Prospective cohort study of patients with PCR-confirmed chikungunya infection and hospitalised within 5 days of illness onset, from 1st August to 10th November 2008. Post-hospital discharge, patients were followed up at the specialist outpatient clinic, and assessed for arthralgia at week 6 of illness. RESULTS: Of the 97 patients in the study, the most common presenting symptoms were fever (89.7%) and arthralgia (87.6%). Mean nadir leukocyte and platelet counts were 3.5(SD 1.9) × 10(9)/L and 165(SD 42) × 10(9)/L respectively. Of the 39 patients who were evaluated at week 6, 14 (35.9%) had persistent arthralgia. Those with persistent arthralgia tended to be females (p = 0.003), and had a lower peak creatinine level (p = 0.036) than those without. Peak viral load (p = 0.664), and duration of fever (p = 0.056) and viremia (p = 0.55) respectively, were not significantly different between those with persistent arthralgia and those without. CONCLUSIONS: This study details the daily clinical and laboratory features of chikungunya patients during acute illness. Those with persistent arthralgia tended to be females, who had significantly lower peak creatinine level.


Subject(s)
Arthralgia/epidemiology , Disease Outbreaks , Adult , Aged , Alphavirus Infections/diagnosis , Alphavirus Infections/epidemiology , Alphavirus Infections/pathology , Chikungunya Fever , Chikungunya virus/isolation & purification , Cohort Studies , Creatinine/blood , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Hospitalization , Humans , Leukocyte Count , Male , Middle Aged , Platelet Count , Prospective Studies , RNA, Viral/isolation & purification , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Risk Factors , Singapore/epidemiology , Viral Load
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Singapore Med J ; 50(8): 785-90, 2009 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19710977

ABSTRACT

Chikungunya is a re-emerging mosquito-borne viral infection that has spread from East Africa to Indian Ocean islands and re-emerged in India since 2004. In Malaysia, chikungunya re-emerged after a hiatus of seven years, causing a localised outbreak in a north-western coastal town in 2006 and subsequently widespread outbreaks in 2008. Since the first local outbreak of chikungunya in Singapore in January 2008, chikungunya infections have been increasingly reported in Singapore. In this case series, five patients aged 37-62 years, with chikungunya infection confirmed in August 2008, were reported. Three of the five were male, and only one had medical comorbidities. Two had a travel history to Johor, Malaysia, where local outbreaks of chikungunya had been reported. Fever, arthralgia and rash were the most common symptoms. Fever lasted four to five days while viraemia lasted four to 11 days, persisting two to three days after defervescence in three patients. A biphasic pattern of fever was observed in two patients. Leucopenia was noted in all patients, while mild thrombocytopenia and transaminitis occurred in three of five patients. Two patients had persistent polyarthralgia at two to three weeks after the onset of symptoms. Fever, arthralgia and rash should prompt consideration of acute chikungunya in Singapore. While taking the travel history, doctors should be mindful that indigenous chikungunya cases can occur.


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Alphavirus Infections/diagnosis , Alphavirus/metabolism , Adult , Alphavirus Infections/epidemiology , Alphavirus Infections/therapy , Animals , Culicidae , Disease Outbreaks , Female , Humans , Malaysia , Male , Middle Aged , Polymerase Chain Reaction , Singapore , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome
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