{"slug": "idcu-annual-2016", "title": "IDCU Annual Notifiable Disease Tables — Annual tables 2016", "pdfUrl": "http://hpdp.gov.mt/sites/default/files/2022-10/Annual%20Table%202016.pdf", "sourcePage": "http://hpdp.gov.mt/idcu/annual%20tables", "group": "IDCU", "topic": "Infectious diseases", "tables": [{"caption": "Section A – Confirmed individual cases, 2016", "header": ["Notifiable disease", "Cases in", "Total", "M", "F", "Q1", "Q2", "Q3", "Q4", "Remarks"], "rows": [["AIDS", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["AIDS", "Non-Maltese", "5", "5", "-", "2", "1", "-", "2", "All cases were probably imported. 3 cases died from the infection."], ["Chickenpox", "Maltese", "50", "23", "27", "13", "24", "8", "5", ""], ["Chickenpox", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Chikungunya", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Chikungunya", "Non-Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", "-", "-", "1", "This case was imported."], ["Chlamydia", "Maltese", "183", "101", "81", "39", "37", "53", "54", "The gender distribution of one case was classified as Other. Ten cases were imported."], ["Chlamydia", "Non-Maltese", "87", "58", "29", "19", "24", "20", "24", "Nine cases were imported."], ["Classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease", "Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", "1", "-", "-", "This case died from the infection."], ["Classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Cryptosporidiosis", "Maltese", "3", "1", "2", "1", "-", "1", "1", ""], ["Cryptosporidiosis", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Dengue", "Maltese", "1", "-", "1", "-", "-", "1", "-", "This case was imported."], ["Dengue", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Echinococcosis", "Maltese", "1", "-", "1", "-", "-", "1", "-", "This case was imported."], ["Echinococcosis", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Campylobacter", "Maltese", "192", "116", "76", "50", "58", "54", "30", "One case was imported."], ["Food borne illness, Campylobacter", "Non-Maltese", "11", "5", "6", "1", "4", "2", "4", ""], ["Food borne illness, Verotoxin producing E. Coli (VTEC)", "Maltese", "3", "2", "1", "-", "1", "1", "1", ""], ["Food borne illness, Verotoxin producing E. Coli (VTEC)", "Non-Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", "-", "1", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Salmonella", "Maltese", "133", "65", "68", "36", "25", "43", "29", ""], ["Food borne illness, Salmonella", "Non-Maltese", "9", "5", "4", "1", "4", "3", "1", ""], ["Food borne illness, Scombrotoxic", "Maltese", "5", "-", "5", "1", "1", "2", "1", ""], ["Food borne illness, Scombrotoxic", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Shigella", "Maltese", "2", "1", "1", "1", "-", "1", "-", "One case was imported."], ["Food borne illness, Shigella", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Unspecified", "Maltese", "25", "13", "12", "2", "3", "8", "12", ""], ["Food borne illness, Unspecified", "Non-Maltese", "4", "3", "1", "1", "1", "2", "-", ""], ["Giardiasis", "Maltese", "3", "1", "2", "1", "1", "-", "1", ""], ["Giardiasis", "Non-Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", "1", "-", "-", "This case was imported."], ["Gonorrhea", "Maltese", "53", "50", "3", "19", "6", "12", "16", "Seven cases were imported."], ["Gonorrhea", "Non-Maltese", "21", "18", "3", "3", "5", "4", "9", "Three cases were imported."], ["Hepatitis A", "Maltese", "6", "2", "4", "2", "1", "-", "3", "One case was imported."], ["Hepatitis A", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Hepatitis B", "Maltese", "30", "19", "11", "9", "7", "6", "8", "One case was imported."], ["Hepatitis B", "Non-Maltese", "4", "4", "-", "-", "2", "1", "1", ""], ["Hepatitis C", "Maltese", "11", "9", "2", "1", "4", "4", "2", ""], ["Hepatitis C", "Non-Maltese", "2", "2", "-", "1", "1", "-", "-", "One case was imported."], ["HIV", "Maltese", "13", "12", "-", "5", "6", "1", "1", "The gender distribution of one case was classified as Transgender. Four cases were imported. One case died from the infection."], ["HIV", "Non-Maltese", "45", "33", "12", "16", "12", "13", "4", "Ten cases were imported."], ["Invasive Group A Streptococcus", "Maltese", "4", "2", "2", "1", "3", "-", "-", "One case died from the infection."], ["Invasive Group A Streptococcus", "Non-Maltese", "1", "-", "1", "-", "-", "-", "1", ""], ["Legionnaire’s Disease", "Maltese", "3", "3", "-", "2", "-", "1", "-", "One case died from the infection."], ["Legionnaire’s Disease", "Non-Maltese", "5", "3", "2", "1", "1", "2", "1", ""], ["Leishmaniasis", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Leishmaniasis", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Leptospirosis", "Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", "-", "1", "-", ""], ["Leptospirosis", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Listeriosis", "Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", "-", "-", "1", ""], ["Listeriosis", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Malaria", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Malaria", "Non-Maltese", "6", "6", "-", "-", "-", "5", "1", "All cases were imported."], ["Measles", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Measles", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Mumps", "Maltese", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "-", "-", ""], ["Mumps", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Meningococcal Disease - Neisseria Meningitis", "Maltese", "3", "2", "1", "1", "-", "-", "2", "One of the cases died from the infection. Two were imported (EU)."], ["Meningococcal Disease - Neisseria Meningitis", "Non-Maltese", "3", "3", "-", "2", "-", "1", "-", ""], ["Meningitis – suspected bacterial (no organism isolated from sterile site)", "Maltese", "3", "1", "2", "-", "2", "1", "-", "In one of the suspected cases, N. Meningitidis was isolated from the throat."], ["Meningitis – suspected bacterial (no organism isolated from sterile site)", "Non-Maltese", "3", "1", "2", "1", "-", "2", "-", ""], ["Meningitis, bacterial other than Neisseria meningitis cultured", "Maltese", "3", "1", "2", "-", "-", "2", "1", "Streptococcus pneumoniae was isolated in two of the reported cases whereas Haemophilus influenzae (non-typbable) was identified in the remaining case."], ["Meningitis, bacterial other than Neisseria meningitis cultured", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Q-Fever", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Q-Fever", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Rubella", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Rubella", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Rotavirus", "Maltese", "1", "-", "1", "-", "-", "1", "-", ""], ["Rotavirus", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Scarlet Fever", "Maltese", "18", "9", "9", "4", "9", "3", "2", ""], ["Scarlet Fever", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Shingles, Herpes Zoster", "Maltese", "21", "9", "12", "3", "5", "9", "4", ""], ["Shingles, Herpes Zoster", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Streptococcus Pneumoniae", "Maltese", "12", "7", "5", "4", "1", "5", "2", ""], ["Streptococcus Pneumoniae", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Syphilis", "Maltese", "7", "7", "-", "3", "3", "-", "1", ""], ["Syphilis", "Non-Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "1", "-", "-", "-", "This case was imported."], ["Syphilis Latent", "Maltese", "6", "3", "3", "2", "1", "-", "3", "One case was imported."], ["Syphilis Latent", "Non-Maltese", "10", "10", "-", "5", "-", "4", "1", "Four cases were imported."], ["Syphilis Primary", "Maltese", "8", "8", "-", "2", "2", "1", "3", ""], ["Syphilis Primary", "Non-Maltese", "3", "2", "1", "-", "2", "-", "1", ""], ["Syphilis Secondary", "Maltese", "3", "2", "1", "1", "-", "1", "1", ""], ["Syphilis Secondary", "Non-Maltese", "2", "2", "-", "1", "-", "-", "1", ""], ["Toxoplasmosis", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Toxoplasmosis", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Tuberculosis, Non-Pulmonary", "Non-Maltese", "14", "9", "5", "2", "4", "4", "4", "All cases were imported."], ["Tuberculosis, Pulmonary", "Maltese", "2", "2", "-", "-", "1", "1", "-", ""], ["Tuberculosis, Pulmonary", "Non-Maltese", "35", "26", "9", "5", "5", "8", "17", "All cases were imported."], ["Typhoid", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Typhoid", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Typhus", "Maltese", "7", "6", "1", "-", "2", "4", "1", ""], ["Typhus", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease", "Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Zika", "Maltese", "2", "1", "1", "1", "-", "1", "-", "Both cases were imported."], ["Zika", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""]]}, {"caption": "Section B – Cases involved in clusters/outbreaks, 2016", "header": ["Notifiable disease", "Cases in", "Total", "M", "F", "Unk", "Remarks"], "rows": [["Chickenpox (9)", "Maltese", "32", "20", "12", "-", "One outbreak was possibly imported."], ["Chickenpox (9)", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Campylobacter (7)", "Maltese", "16", "8", "8", "-", "One outbreak was imported."], ["Food borne illness, Campylobacter (7)", "Non-Maltese", "2", "1", "1", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Salmonella (10)", "Maltese", "56", "23", "33", "-", "One outbreak was imported. One large S.Give outbreak affecting 34 people was investigated and the source was found to be contaminated food issued from a local producer."], ["Food borne illness, Salmonella (10)", "Non-Maltese", "2", "1", "1", "-", ""], ["Food borne illness, Unspecified (26)", "Maltese", "168", "43", "91", "34", "One outbreak was imported."], ["Food borne illness, Unspecified (26)", "Non-Maltese", "2", "1", "1", "-", ""], ["Invasive Group A Streptococcus (1)", "Maltese", "2", "-", "2", "-", "One of the cases died but she also had terminal metastatic cancer."], ["Invasive Group A Streptococcus (1)", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Malaria (1)", "Maltese", "1", "-", "1", "-", "This outbreak was imported."], ["Malaria (1)", "Non-Maltese", "1", "1", "-", "-", ""], ["Norovirus, Gastroenteritis (8)", "Maltese", "665", "166", "460", "38", "Five of the outbreaks were reported in Nursing homes and two were linked to restaurants. Moreover, 97 laboratory confirmed cases of Norovirus were linked to a multi-institutional outbreak."], ["Norovirus, Gastroenteritis (8)", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Rotavirus (1)", "Maltese", "7", "5", "2", "-", ""], ["Rotavirus (1)", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""], ["Scarlet Fever (1)", "Maltese", "3", "2", "1", "-", ""], ["Scarlet Fever (1)", "Non-Maltese", "-", "-", "-", "-", ""]]}, {"caption": "Section C – Reported deaths from notifiable infectious diseases, 2016", "header": ["Notifiable disease", "Total"], "rows": [["AIDS", "3"], ["Classical Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease", "1"], ["HIV", "1"], ["Invasive Group A Streptococcus", "2"], ["Legionnaire’s Disease", "1"], ["Meningitis, Neisseria", "1"]]}], "verified": {"against": "source PDF", "date": "2026-09-24"}}