- Outbreak
- Outbreak
List of Outbreak investigations done by IEDCR in 2012
Serial Number | Outbreak notification | Place of occurence | Suspected Outbreak | Steps Taken by IEDCR | Conclusion |
1. | Nipah surveillance, January 2012 | Joypurhat | AMES | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Animal investigation 4.Environmental investigation done | Nipah |
2. | ILI surveillance in Live bird market, March 2012 | Live bird market in Dhaka | ILI | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Animal investigation 4.Environmental investigation done | H5N1 |
3. | Newspapers (Destiny), April 2012 | Joymontop Government Primary and High School, Shingair | MPI | 1. Epidemiological investigation | Mass Psychogenic Illness |
4. | Deputy Civil Surgeon of Kurigram | Nursing Institute, Kurigram | ILI | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Laboratory investigation | Pandemic H1N1 |
5. | Mass media reports | Different areas of Dhaka City | Diarrhoea | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Environmental investigation ongoing | Ongoing |
6. | Mass media reports reported on 29 May 2012 | Lokkhipur | Suspected ant-helminthic poisoning | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Laboratory investigation | Mass psychogenic illness |
7. | Local health authority of Bogra Sadar reported on 18 June 2012 | Bogra Sadar | Cutaneous anthrax | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Animal investigation 3.Environmental investigation ongoing | Cutaneous anthrax |
8. | Dinajpur Medical College Hospital authority, 16 June 2012 | Upazilas of Dinajpur | Unknown illness | 1.Epidemiological investigation | Suspected pesticide poisoning |
9. | BSMMU physicians reported the event on 2 August 2012 | Rangpur | Isolated case of unconsciousness from unknown cause | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Laboratory investigation | Japanese encephalitis |
10. | TV and print media and Civil Surgeon of Meherpur | Meherpur | Suspected cutaneous anthrax | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Animal investigation 4.Environmental investigation done | Cutaneous anthrax |
11. | Mass media reports on 30 August, 2012 | Khuliarchar, Bhangnamari, Gauripur, Mymensingh | Unknown skin lesion in sole of the feet | 1. Epidemiological investigation | Skin pigmentation |
12. | Nipah surveillance on 20 September 2012 | Rangpur | Cluster of unknown fever cases | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Laboratory investigation | Respiratory viral infections |
13. | Physicians from Ganashastha Shoomaj Vittik Medical College Hospital on 1 October 2012 | Savar, Dhaka | Unknown death of 3 children | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Laboratory investigation | Isolated death cases |
14. | Physicians of Sis Salimullah Medical college hospital | Kaliakoir, Gazipur, Dhaka | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Animal investigation 4.Environmental investigation done | Dengue | |
15. | Disease Control, DGHS | Raipur, Laksmipur | Post Mebendazole ingestion illness in school children | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation | MPI |
16. | Reported by Influenza surveillance | Mohammadpur | Unknown cluster of respiratory illness | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Animal investigation 4.Environmental investigation done | Rumour verification |
17. | Local health authority, Tangail | Tangail | Unknown illness | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Animal investigation 4.Environmental investigation done | Chikungunya |
18. | Media reports and Paediatrics Department of Chittagong Medical College Hospital | Chittagong | Cluster of acute meningitis encephalitis syndrome | 1.Epidemiological investigation 2.Anthropological investigation 3.Environmental investigation done | Suspected pesticide poisoning |