Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Routh, Janell A. ; Loharikar, Anagha ; Fouché, Marie-Délivrance Bernadette ; Cartwright, Emily J. ; Roy, Sharon L. ; Ailes, Elizabeth ; Archer, W. Roodly ; Tappero, Jordan W. ; Roels, Thierry H. ; Dahourou, Georges ; Quick, Robert E.
• Description:
  We evaluated a high (6%) cholera case-fatality rate in Haiti. Of 39 community decedents, only 23% consumed oral rehydration salts at home, and 59% did not seek care, whereas 54% of 48 health facility decedents died after overnight admission. Early in the cholera epidemic, care was inadequate or nonexistent.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Bacteria Child Child, Preschool Cholera Diarrhea Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Female Fluid Therapy Humans Male Middle Aged Mortality Oral Rehydration Therapy Risk Assessment Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 17(11):2139-2142.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Haiti
• Location:
  Caribbean
• Volume:
  17
• Issue:
  11
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cadc52c2181ade98be147f3560cb0d7d04bdbd465a845bf81452aef7d7eb7e22
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23731/cdc_23731_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 272.88 KB ]