Laboratory-Confirmed Cholera and Rotavirus among Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Four Hospitals in Haiti, 2012–2013

Steenland, Maria W.; Joseph, Gerard A.; Lucien, Mentor Ali Ber; Freeman, Nicole; Hast, Marisa; Nygren, Benjamin L.; Leshem, Eyal; Juin, Stanley; Parsons, Michele B.; Talkington, Deborah F.; Mintz, Eric D.; Vertefeuille, John; Balajee, S. Arunmozhi; Boncy, Jacques; Katz, Mark A.

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Laboratory-Confirmed Cholera and Rotavirus among Patients with Acute Diarrhea in Four Hospitals in Haiti, 2012–2013

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10 09 2013
By Steenland, Maria W. ; Joseph, Gerard A. ; Lucien, Mentor Ali Ber ; ...

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Am J Trop Med Hyg
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Steenland, Maria W. ; Joseph, Gerard A. ; Lucien, Mentor Ali Ber ; Freeman, Nicole ; Hast, Marisa ; Nygren, Benjamin L. ; Leshem, Eyal ; Juin, Stanley ; Parsons, Michele B. ; Talkington, Deborah F. ; Mintz, Eric D. ; Vertefeuille, John ; Balajee, S. Arunmozhi ; Boncy, Jacques ; Katz, Mark A.
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An outbreak of cholera began in Haiti in October of 2010. To understand the progression of epidemic cholera in Haiti, in April of 2012, we initiated laboratory-enhanced surveillance for diarrheal disease in four Haitian hospitals in three departments. At each site, we sampled up to 10 hospitalized patients each week with acute watery diarrhea. We tested 1,616 specimens collected from April 2, 2012 to March 28, 2013; 1,030 (63.7%) specimens yielded Vibrio cholerae, 13 (0.8%) specimens yielded Shigella, 6 (0.4%) specimens yielded Salmonella, and 63 (3.9%) specimens tested positive for rotavirus. Additionally, 13.5% of children < 5 years old tested positive for rotavirus. Of 1,030 V. cholerae isolates, 1,020 (99.0%) isolates were serotype Ogawa, 9 (0.9%) isolates were serotype Inaba, and 1 isolate was non-toxigenic V. cholerae O139. During 1 year of surveillance, toxigenic cholera continued to be the main cause of acute diarrhea in hospitalized patients, and rotavirus was an important cause of diarrhea-related hospitalizations in children.
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Adolescent Adult Aged AJTMH And PAHO: Commemorating The 3rd Anniversary Of The Cholera Outbreak In Haiti: Invited Papers Child Child, Preschool Cholera Diarrhea Female Haiti Hospitals Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Inpatients Male Middle Aged Population Surveillance Rotavirus Rotavirus Infections Time Factors Young Adult
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Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 89(4):641-646
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24106190
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PMC3795093
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89
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4
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