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Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999
In 1998, a cholera epidemic in east Africa reached the Comoros Islands, an archipelago in the Mozambique Channel that had not reported a cholera case for more than 20 years. In just a little over 1 year (between January 1998 and March 1999), Grande Comore, the largest island in the Union of the Como...
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The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26572869 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0397 |
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author | Troeger, Christopher Gaudart, Jean Truillet, Romain Sallah, Kankoe Chao, Dennis L. Piarroux, Renaud |
author_facet | Troeger, Christopher Gaudart, Jean Truillet, Romain Sallah, Kankoe Chao, Dennis L. Piarroux, Renaud |
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description | In 1998, a cholera epidemic in east Africa reached the Comoros Islands, an archipelago in the Mozambique Channel that had not reported a cholera case for more than 20 years. In just a little over 1 year (between January 1998 and March 1999), Grande Comore, the largest island in the Union of the Comoros, reported 7,851 cases of cholera, about 3% of the population. Using case reports and field observations during the medical response, we describe the epidemiology of the 1998–1999 cholera epidemic in Grande Comore. Outbreaks of infectious diseases on islands provide a unique opportunity to study transmission dynamics in a nearly closed population, and they may serve as stepping-stones for human pathogens to cross unpopulated expanses of ocean. |
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spelling | pubmed-47104492016-01-19 Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 Troeger, Christopher Gaudart, Jean Truillet, Romain Sallah, Kankoe Chao, Dennis L. Piarroux, Renaud Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles In 1998, a cholera epidemic in east Africa reached the Comoros Islands, an archipelago in the Mozambique Channel that had not reported a cholera case for more than 20 years. In just a little over 1 year (between January 1998 and March 1999), Grande Comore, the largest island in the Union of the Comoros, reported 7,851 cases of cholera, about 3% of the population. Using case reports and field observations during the medical response, we describe the epidemiology of the 1998–1999 cholera epidemic in Grande Comore. Outbreaks of infectious diseases on islands provide a unique opportunity to study transmission dynamics in a nearly closed population, and they may serve as stepping-stones for human pathogens to cross unpopulated expanses of ocean. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2016-01-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4710449/ /pubmed/26572869 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0397 Text en ©The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Articles Troeger, Christopher Gaudart, Jean Truillet, Romain Sallah, Kankoe Chao, Dennis L. Piarroux, Renaud Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 |
title | Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 |
title_full | Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 |
title_fullStr | Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 |
title_full_unstemmed | Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 |
title_short | Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998–1999 |
title_sort | cholera outbreak in grande comore: 1998–1999 |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710449/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26572869 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.15-0397 |
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