Cholera Outbreak in Grande Comore: 1998-1999.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 94(1): 76-81, 2016 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-26572869
ABSTRACT
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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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cólera
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Surtos de Doenças
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article