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Table 2 Geographical distribution of the number of imported dengue cases identified by active and passive surveillance and the number of domestic dengue cases in Taiwan, 2007–2010

From: Airport sentinel surveillance and entry quarantine for dengue infections following a fever screening program in Taiwan

  

Imported dengue cases

Domestic dengue cases

  

Active surveillance1

Passive surveillance2

    
  

Dengue positive

Dengue positive

    

3 Region

City/ County

2007

2008

2009

2010

2007

2008

2009

2010

2007

2008

2009

2010

Northern

Taipei City

12

18

17

22

17

28

13

36

0

20

0

2

Northern

Taipei County

14

22

12

23

13

27

4

36

0

12

1

15

Northern

Yilan County

1

1

0

2

1

0

18

1

0

0

0

0

Northern

Keelung City

1

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

0

1

0

0

Northern

Kinmen County

0

0

1

0

0

0

11

1

0

0

0

0

Northern

Lienchiang County

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

0

Northern

Taoyuan County

7

18

23

23

5

11

4

15

0

2

1

1

Northern

Hsinchu County

2

4

3

3

0

5

6

5

0

0

0

1

Northern

Hsinchu City

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Northern

Miaoli County

2

1

1

4

1

3

7

3

0

0

0

0

Central

Taichung County

5

6

6

16

10

12

2

19

0

1

0

0

Central

Taichung City

0

1

7

 

5

3

8

 

2

0

0

0

Central

Nantou County

2

1

3

3

2

2

0

2

0

0

10

0

Central

Changhua County

2

3

6

6

2

3

0

3

0

0

0

0

Central

Yunlin County

0

3

2

1

3

1

1

4

2

0

0

0

Southern

Chiayi County

1

0

2

4

7

0

0

4

0

0

0

1

Southern

Chiayi City

0

2

0

1

0

0

1

3

0

0

0

0

Southern

Tainan County *

3

5

3

9

9

4

2

9

1459

23

8

380

Southern

Tainan City *

10

4

2

 

11

2

0

 

345

4

2

107

Southern

Kaohsiung County*

4

1

4

8

5

3

2

23

40

98

125

83

Southern

Kaohsiung City *

5

3

9

 

7

12

0

 

141

326

623

984

Southern

Pingtung County*

0

3

4

1

6

6

5

6

1

1

76

10

Southern

Penghu County

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Eastern

Hualien County

0

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

Eastern

Taitung County

0

0

0

1

0

0

4

0

0

0

1

0

 

Total

72

101

110

129

107

125

95

175

1,990

488

847

1,584

  1. 1. Active surveillance: imported dengue cases detected in border screening.
  2. 2. Passive surveillance: imported dengue cases detected in the community.
  3. 3. *Dengue hotspot; Merging of the city and county jurisdictions in Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung since 2010.