2023 saw an increase in most infectious diseases—arbovirus diseases, parasitic, sexually transmitted and vaccine preventable– in Thailand, according to data from the country’s Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE).
I’ll describe a little about the lesser known diseases/infections.
Dengue, chikungunya and Zika increases
In 2023, Thailand reported increases in dengue fever. 153,734 total cases were reported this year, a 231 percent increase compared to the 46,679 cases reported in 2022.
Deaths were also up from 32 last year to 168 in 2023.
Thailand saw a 290 percent increase in Zika virus infections in 2023—from 190 last year to 742 in 2023.
While not nearly as dramatic as dengue fever or Zika virus, Thailand also reported a slight increase in chikungunya cases—1371 in 2023 compared to 1311 in 2022.