Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Dispatch
Fever Screening at Airports and Imported Dengue
Pei-Yun Shu*, Li-Jung Chien*, Shu-Fen Chang*, Chien-Ling Su*, Yu-Chung Kuo*, Tsai-Ling Liao*, Mei-Shang Ho†, Ting-Hsiang Lin*, and Jyh-Hsiung Huang*
Table 1
Summary of imported dengue cases identified by passive and active surveillance systems in Taiwan from 1998 to June 2004
| Year | Total | Passive surveillance, no. cases (%) | Active surveillance, no. cases (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 110 | 96 (87.3) | 14 (12.7) |
| 1999 | 29 | 24 (82.8) | 5 (17.2) |
| 2000 | 27 | 23 (85.2) | 4 (14.8) |
| 2001 | 56 | 46 (82.1) | 10 (17.9) |
| 2002 | 52 | 42 (80.8) | 10 (19.2) |
| Jan 2003–June 2003 | 20 | 18 (90.0) | 2 (10.0) |
| Jul 2003–June 2004 | 73 | 25 (34.2) | 48 (65.8) |
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