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

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 none...

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Autores principales: 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.
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110747
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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.
author_facet Routh, Janell A.
Loharikar, Anagha
Fouché, Marie-Délivrance Bernadette
Cartwright, Emily J.
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Ailes, Elizabeth
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Tappero, Jordan W.
Roels, Thierry H.
Dahourou, Georges
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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.
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spelling pubmed-33105732012-04-10 Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010 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. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3310573/ /pubmed/22099119 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110747 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
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.
Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010
title Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010
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title_short Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010
title_sort rapid assessment of cholera-related deaths, artibonite department, haiti, 2010
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099119
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110747
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