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...
Main Authors: | 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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2011-11-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0747_article |
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