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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Laboratory-confirmed cholera and rotavirus among patients with acute diarrhea in four hospitals in Haiti, 2012-2013
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 89, No. 4, Year 2013
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An outbreak of cholera began in Haiti inOctober of 2010. To understand the progression of epidemic cholera in Haiti, in April of 2012, we initiated laboratory-enhanced surveillance for diarrheal disease in four Haitian hospitals in three departments.At each site, we sampled up to 10 hospitalized patients each week with acute watery diarrhea.We tested 1,616 specimens collected from April 2, 2012 to March 28, 2013; 1,030 (63.7%) specimens yielded Vibrio cholerae, 13 (0.8%) specimens yielded Shigella, 6 (0.4%) specimens yielded Salmonella, and 63 (3.9%) specimens tested positive for rotavirus. Additionally, 13.5% of children > 5 years old tested positive for rotavirus. Of 1,030 V. cholerae isolates, 1,020 (99.0%) isolates were serotype Ogawa, 9 (0.9%) isolates were serotype Inaba, and 1 isolate was non-toxigenic V. cholerae O139. During 1 year of surveillance, toxigenic cholera continued to be the main cause of acute diarrhea in hospitalized patients, and rotavirus was an important cause of diarrhea-related hospitalizations in children. Copyright © 2013 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hast, Marisa A.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nygren, Benjamin L.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Leshem, Eyal
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Juin, Stanley
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Parsons, Michele B.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Talkington, Deborah F.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mintz, Eric Daniel
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vertefeuille, John F.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Balajee, S. Arunmozhi
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Boncy, Jacques
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Katz, Mark A.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statistics
Citations: 26
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.13-0307
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health