Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Janell A. Routh, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Anagha Loharikar, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Marie-Delivrance Fouche, Laboratoire National de Santé Publique; Emily Cartwright, Emory University; Sharon L. Roy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Elizabeth Ailes, IHRC Inc; W. Roodly Archer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Jordan W. Tappero, Emory University; Thierry H. Roels, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Georges Dahourou, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Robert E. Quick, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Language: English
• Date: 2011-11-01
• Publisher: CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1711.110747
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 11
• Start Page: 2139
• End Page: 2142
• Keywords: Immunology; Science & Technology; HIV; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Infectious Diseases
• Research Categories: Biology, Virology; Health Sciences, Immunology

Abstract

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.