Singapore 2003

Melioidosis, Singapore, 2003–2014

In contrast with northern Australia and Thailand, in Singapore the incidence of melioidosis and co-incidence of melioidosis and pneumonia have declined. Burkholderia pseudomallei deep abscesses increased 20.4% during 2003-2014. These trends could not be explained by the environmental and climatic factors conventionally ascribed to melioidosis.

Statistics Notes and BLAST Singapore Short Course May 2003 Warren

Societal Learning in Epidemics: Intervention Effectiveness during the 2003 SARS Outbreak in Singapore

BACKGROUND Rapid response to outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases is impeded by uncertain diagnoses and delayed communication. Understanding the effect of inefficient response is a potentially important contribution of epidemic theory. To develop this understanding we studied societal learning during emerging outbreaks wherein patient removal accelerates as information is gathered and diss...

Association of Melioidosis Incidence with Rainfall and Humidity, Singapore, 2003–2012

Soil has been considered the natural reservoir for the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei, which causes melioidosis. We examined 550 melioidosis cases that occurred during a 10-year period in the highly urbanized city of Singapore, where soil exposure is rare, and found that rainfall and humidity levels were associated with disease incidence.

Demographics of toxic exposures presenting to three public hospital emergency departments in Singapore 2001–2003

BACKGROUND The demographics of poisoned patients and the circumstances of toxic exposure have not been evaluated in Singapore for the last 10 years. AIM This study aims to give an estimate of the burden of poisoning in Singapore from the emergency department's (ED) perspective. METHOD A retrospective study of toxic exposure was conducted over a period of 3 years from 2001 to 2003 at the ED ...