Original Article
Epidemiological Surveillance of Melioidosis in Singapore
Melioidosis was first described in 1911 among vagrants and morphine addicts brought into the mortuary in Rangoon, Burma. However, the disease received little attention...
Review Article
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus – A Review From a Singapore Perspective
The first isolates of high-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were reported from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. Since then rates of VRE infection...
Original Article
Seroepidemiology of Varicella and the Reliability of a Self-reported History of Varicella Infection in Singapore Military Recruits
Varicella is an acute, self-limiting exanthematous disease characterised by a prolonged period of morbidity lasting up to 2 weeks.1 Despite being mostly benign in...
Original Article
Epidemiological Characteristics of Imported and Locally-acquired Malaria in Singapore
Malaria used to be endemic in Singapore. In the early 1900s, almost 3000 malaria-related deaths were reported annually. Malaria control started in 1911 with...
Original Article
Changing Epidemiology of Enteric Fevers in Singapore
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever – collectively referred to as enteric fevers - are serious systemic infections caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi)...
Original Article
Epidemiological Characteristics of Cholera in Singapore, 1992-2007
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that usually presents as abrupt massive watery diarrhoea and vomiting. The causative organism is Vibrio cholerae which is...