Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010
oleh: Janell A. Routh, Anagha Loharikar, Marie-Délivrance Bernadette Fouché, Emily J. Cartwright, Sharon L. Roy, Elizabeth Ailes, W. Roodly Archer, Jordan W. Tappero, Thierry H. Roels, Georges Dahourou, Robert E. Quick
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-11-01 |
Deskripsi
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.