More leptospirosis cases predicted after flooding has receded

 

The Department of Diseases Control has predicted an increase of leptospirosis cases after flood water has receded especially in the Northeast where 674 cases were reported during the first seven months and, of these, there were ten fatalities.

 

The department director-general Dr Jesada Chokdamrongsook disclosed that during January 1-July 29, 1,392 leptospirosis cases were reported, half of them in the Northeast and 29 people had died from the disease.

 

The five northeastern provinces with higher incidence of leptospirosis are Si Sa Ket, Nakhon Ratchasima, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin and Ubon Ratchathani.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/leptospirosis-cases-predicted-flooding-receded/

 

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-08-06

 

Bull

Thailand probobly gets 30,000 leptospyrosis cases per year.

I got mine here in phuket and it almost killed me. Not all cases are reported is why 30,000 is likely and not every single year 2000 was 15,000 cases reported

 

Edited August 6, 20178 yr by quadperfect

Gotta be honest, I'd worry more about people in rickety blue plastic boats drowning because they didn't spend $1 or 2 for some scraps of foam in case they ended up in the water.  Life jackets would be better, but $5-10 may be asking too much.

 

18 hours ago, quadperfect said:

Bull

Thailand probobly gets 30,000 leptospyrosis cases per year.

I got mine here in phuket and it almost killed me. Not all cases are reported is why 30,000 is likely and not every single year 2000 was 15,000 cases reported

 

that dept has to justify it's existence

The WHO report below states that the incidence of leptospirosis in Thailand in 2008 was 5.3 cases per 100,000 people, which is about 4,000 cases nationwide.

 

However, it also states that the disease is 'widely overlooked and under-reported' partly because it resembles other infectious diseases and partly because the presence of the disease needs to be confirmed by laboratory tests. Given the standard of medical services in much of rural Thailand, it is easy to believe in the inaccuracy of the diagnosis and reporting of leptospirosis.

 

https://www.google.co.th/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwiz2oautcTVAhVCto8KHcUFDkgQFggsMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.searo.who.int%2Fentity%2Femerging_diseases%2Ftopics%2FCommunicable_Diseases_Surveillance_and_response_SEA-CD-216.pdf&usg=AFQjCNGH_DTcdvN207My6F49rLYIrZAbqg