title: [Epidemic of bacillary dysentery in the Rwanda refugee camps of the Goma region (Zaire, North Kivu) in August 1994].
abstract: The authors describe the extension of an outbreak of bacillary dysentery among the Rwandese populations seeking refuge in the region of Goma, Zaire in august 1994. Analysis of the epidemiological surveillance data and of the bacteriological laboratory results of the Bioforce, show that this epidemic was probably facilitated by the preceding cholera outbreak. In such circumstances, rapid sterilization of the virus reservoir, by short course treatments, might be beneficial in limiting the extension of the epidemic.
authors.affiliation: BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Milleliri
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Signoret
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bechen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lamarque
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boutin
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Coué
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merouze
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology; D012036:Refugees; D012432:Rwanda / Q000208:ethnology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents