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Table 1 Count of outbreaks (approximate cumulative suspected and confirmed case counts) reported in displaced persons, by WHO region, 1996-2016. N = 128 (846319)

From: Infectious disease outbreaks among forcibly displaced persons: an analysis of ProMED reports 1996–2016

Reported Pathogen or Syndrome

 

Location of Outbreak by WHO Region

       
 

Africa

Eastern Mediterranean

Europe

Latin Americaa

North Americaa

South-East Asia

Western Pacific

Total

Malaria-like disease

1 (20)

      

1(20)

Acute abdominal pain

     

1 (85)

 

1 (85)

Anthrax

     

1 (1500)

 

1 (1500)

Bacterial meningitis

1 (141)

      

1 (141)

Chickenpox

     

1 (12000)

 

1 (12000)

VZVb & scabies

1 (1000)

      

1 (1000)

Cholera

23 (15882)

5 (2262)

 

1 (527000)

 

5 (576)

 

34 (545720)

Cutaneous diphtheria

  

1 (9)

    

1 (9)

Cutaneous leishmaniasis

 

6 (152676)

     

6 (152676)

Dengue

 

1 (185)

   

2 (905)

2 (23)

5 (1113)

Diarrhea, unspecified

  

1 (500)

  

2 (1500)

 

3 (2000)

Diphtheria, non-cutaneous

 

1 (130)

     

1 (130)

Ebola hemorrhagic fever

1 (119)

      

1 (119)

Ebola-suspected

  

1 (1)

    

1 (1)

Gastroenteritis

     

1 (100)

 

1 (100)

Hepatitis E

8 (15793)

      

8 (15793)

Lassa fever

1 (88)

      

1 (88)

Leprosy

     

1 (not reported)

 

1 (−)

Louse-borne relapsing fever

  

3 (18)

    

3 (18)

Malaria

    

1 (15)

1 (50)

 

2 (65)

Marburg virus

1 (5)

      

1 (5)

Measles

12 (1563)

1 (42)

6 (974)

 

2 (5)

  

21 (2584)

Meningococcal meningitis

1 (26)

      

1 (26)

Meningitis, unknown pathogen

 

1 (6)

   

1 (4)

 

2 (10)

Monkeypox

1 (150)

      

1 (150)

Poliomyelitis

5 (128)

2 (70)

     

7 (198)

Rift Valley fever

1 (80)

      

1 (80)

Salmonella

 

1 (237)

     

1 (237)

Scabies

 

1 (1)

     

1 (1)

Shigella flexneri

1 (1062)

      

1 (1062)

Skin rashes & cholera

     

1 (6500)

 

1 (6500)

Syphilis

  

1 (112)

    

1 (112)

Tuberculosis

 

1 (50)

     

1 (50)

Tetanus

     

1 (72)

 

1 (72)

Trypanosomiasis

1 (490)

      

1 (490)

Typhoid fever

 

2 (99)

1 (24)

   

1 (2)

4 (125)

Typhus (epidemic)

1 (100000)

      

1 (100000)

Suspected yellow fever

1 (55)

      

1 (55)

Unknown

2 (23)

      

2 (23)

Visceral leishmaniasis

1 (1800)

      

1 (1800)

Yellow fever

3 (161)

      

3 (161)

Total

67 (138586)

22 (155758)

14 (1638)

1 (527000)

3 (20)

18 (23292)

3 (25)

128 (846319)

  1. aWHO region ‘Americas’ subdivided here into Latin America and North America in order to display data at a more granular level
  2. bVZV varicella zoster virus