Summary of global surveillance data of communicable diseases in February 2019

In February 2019, a total of 46 kinds of communicable diseases were reported globally, affecting 63 countries or areas. The first five diseases in terms of number of countries or areas affected were dengue fever (33), measles (18), Chikungunya fever (9), cholera (6) and legionellosis (6). The first three diseases with high case fatality rates were Ebola hemorrhagic fever (62.7%), Middle East respiratory syndrome (34.7%) and Lassa fever (21.8%). The first five diseases with high death number were measles, cholera, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Lassa fever and dengue fever. The epidemics of cholera, Ebola hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever, Lassa fever and measles mainly occurred in Africa, the epidemics of dengue fever, Middle East respiratory syndrome and measles mainly occurred in Asia, the epidemics of dengue fever and measles mainly occurred in America and the epidemics of measles mainly occurred in Europe.