Increased Rotavirus Prevalence in Diarrheal Outbreak Precipitated by Localized Flooding, Solomon Islands, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Forrest K. ; Ko, Albert I. ; Becha, Chris ; Joshua, Cynthia ; Musto, Jennie ; Thomas, Sarah ; Ronsse, Axelle ; Kirkwood, Carl D. ; Sio, Alison ; Aumua, Audrey ; Nilles, Eric J.
• Description:
  Flooding on 1 of the Solomon Islands precipitated a nationwide epidemic of diarrhea that spread to regions unaffected by flooding and caused >6,000 cases and 27 deaths. Rotavirus was identified in 38% of case-patients tested in the city with the most flooding. Outbreak potential related to weather reinforces the need for global rotavirus vaccination.
• Subjects:
  Climate Change Diarrhea Disasters Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Enteric Infections Epidemics Floods G9P[8] Rotavirus Surveillance Weather

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(5):875-879.
• Pubmed ID:
  27088272
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4861519
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Melanesia
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:70bfabcc0aad6772941c6fc6fe349c125b99fdb6590f0d5889b7a106cb3d9e6e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39367/cdc_39367_DS1.pdf
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