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The Centre for Health Protection has received an additional report of typhoid fever, bringing to 12 the total number from November 25 to December 22.
The patient is a 15-year-old girl living in Yuen Long. She developed fever and headache on December 1.
She was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital on December 18 and is in stable condition. Investigations are in progress.
A total of 36 cases have been reported so far this year. There were 53 cases in 2004, 49 in 2003, 67 in 2002 and 67 in 2001.
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