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Volume 9, Number 12—December 2003
Perspective

Emerging Infectious Diseases in Mongolia

John R. Ebright*Comments to Author , Togoo Altantsetseg†, and Ravdan Oyungerel‡
Author affiliations: *Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA; †National Medical University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; ‡National Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Table

Annual cumulative number of reportable infectious diseases by year, Mongoliaa

Disease Y
1990 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Tuberculosis
 1,664
 2,543
 3,104
 2,723
 2,806
 3,221
Viral hepatitis
 14,278
 7,877
 8,198
 9,394
 8,042
 5,249
Brucellosis
 —
 850
 1,158
 1,122
 1,308
 1,482
Syphilis
 705
 718
 810
 1,291
 1,329
 1,093
Gonorrhea
 2,234
 3,308
 3,274
 2,934
 3,486
 2,207
Salmonella
 866
 360
 323
 256
 239
 243
Shigella
 1,930
 1,589
 2,294
 2,146
 1,261
 1,383
Measles
 296
 558
 123
 4
 8
 10
Mumps
 240
 255
 436
 736
 1,287
 426
Meningococcal meningitis
 776
 2,781
 881
 533
 303
 242
Chickenpox 810 401 386 253 375 297

a(ref. 9, modified)

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