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Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?

Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by Vibrio cholerae and occurs as widespread epidemics in Africa. In 2005, there were 31,719 cholera cases, with 458 deaths in the Republic of Senegal. We retrospectively investigated the climate origin of the devastating floods in mid-August 2005, in the...

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Autores principales: Constantin de Magny, Guillaume, Thiaw, Wassila, Kumar, Vadlamani, Manga, Noël M., Diop, Bernard M., Gueye, Lamine, Kamara, Mamina, Roche, Benjamin, Murtugudde, Raghu, Colwell, Rita R.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3432123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044577
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author Constantin de Magny, Guillaume
Thiaw, Wassila
Kumar, Vadlamani
Manga, Noël M.
Diop, Bernard M.
Gueye, Lamine
Kamara, Mamina
Roche, Benjamin
Murtugudde, Raghu
Colwell, Rita R.
author_facet Constantin de Magny, Guillaume
Thiaw, Wassila
Kumar, Vadlamani
Manga, Noël M.
Diop, Bernard M.
Gueye, Lamine
Kamara, Mamina
Roche, Benjamin
Murtugudde, Raghu
Colwell, Rita R.
author_sort Constantin de Magny, Guillaume
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description Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by Vibrio cholerae and occurs as widespread epidemics in Africa. In 2005, there were 31,719 cholera cases, with 458 deaths in the Republic of Senegal. We retrospectively investigated the climate origin of the devastating floods in mid-August 2005, in the Dakar Region of Senegal and the subsequent outbreak of cholera along with the pattern of cholera outbreaks in three other regions of that country. We compared rainfall patterns between 2002 and 2005 and the relationship between the sea surface temperature (SST) gradient in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and precipitation over Senegal for 2005. Results showed a specific pattern of rainfall throughout the Dakar region during August, 2005, and the associated rainfall anomaly coincided with an exacerbation of the cholera epidemic. Comparison of rainfall and epidemiological patterns revealed that the temporal dynamics of precipitation, which was abrupt and heavy, was presumably the determining factor. Analysis of the SST gradient showed that the Atlantic Ocean SST variability in 2005 differed from that of 2002 to 2004, a result of a prominent Atlantic meridional mode. The influence of this intense precipitation on cholera transmission over a densely populated and crowded region was detectable for both Dakar and Thiès, Senegal. Thus, high resolution rainfall forecasts at subseasonal time scales should provide a way forward for an early warning system in Africa for cholera and, thereby, trigger epidemic preparedness. Clearly, attention must be paid to both natural and human induced environmental factors to devise appropriate action to prevent cholera and other waterborne disease epidemics in the region.
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spelling pubmed-34321232012-09-05 Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor? Constantin de Magny, Guillaume Thiaw, Wassila Kumar, Vadlamani Manga, Noël M. Diop, Bernard M. Gueye, Lamine Kamara, Mamina Roche, Benjamin Murtugudde, Raghu Colwell, Rita R. PLoS One Research Article Cholera is an acute diarrheal illness caused by Vibrio cholerae and occurs as widespread epidemics in Africa. In 2005, there were 31,719 cholera cases, with 458 deaths in the Republic of Senegal. We retrospectively investigated the climate origin of the devastating floods in mid-August 2005, in the Dakar Region of Senegal and the subsequent outbreak of cholera along with the pattern of cholera outbreaks in three other regions of that country. We compared rainfall patterns between 2002 and 2005 and the relationship between the sea surface temperature (SST) gradient in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and precipitation over Senegal for 2005. Results showed a specific pattern of rainfall throughout the Dakar region during August, 2005, and the associated rainfall anomaly coincided with an exacerbation of the cholera epidemic. Comparison of rainfall and epidemiological patterns revealed that the temporal dynamics of precipitation, which was abrupt and heavy, was presumably the determining factor. Analysis of the SST gradient showed that the Atlantic Ocean SST variability in 2005 differed from that of 2002 to 2004, a result of a prominent Atlantic meridional mode. The influence of this intense precipitation on cholera transmission over a densely populated and crowded region was detectable for both Dakar and Thiès, Senegal. Thus, high resolution rainfall forecasts at subseasonal time scales should provide a way forward for an early warning system in Africa for cholera and, thereby, trigger epidemic preparedness. Clearly, attention must be paid to both natural and human induced environmental factors to devise appropriate action to prevent cholera and other waterborne disease epidemics in the region. Public Library of Science 2012-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3432123/ /pubmed/22952995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044577 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration, which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.
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Thiaw, Wassila
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Diop, Bernard M.
Gueye, Lamine
Kamara, Mamina
Roche, Benjamin
Murtugudde, Raghu
Colwell, Rita R.
Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?
title Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?
title_full Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?
title_fullStr Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?
title_full_unstemmed Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?
title_short Cholera Outbreak in Senegal in 2005: Was Climate a Factor?
title_sort cholera outbreak in senegal in 2005: was climate a factor?
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3432123/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22952995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044577
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