Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004.
After Hurricane Jeanne in September 2004, surveillance for mosquitoborne diseases in Gonaïves, Haiti, identified 3 patients with malaria, 2 with acute dengue infections, and 2 with acute West Nile virus infections among 116 febrile patients. These are the first reported human West Nile virus infections on the island of Hispaniola.
Beatty
Mark E
ME
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. mbeatty@pdvi.org
Hunsperger
Elizabeth
E
Long
Earl
E
Schürch
Julia
J
Jain
Seema
S
Colindres
Rom
R
Lerebours
Gerald
G
Bernard
Yves-Marie
YM
Dobbins
James Goodman
JG
Brown
Mathew
M
Clark
Gary G
GG
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D009033:Culicidae; D003715:Dengue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004190:Disasters; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000453:epidemiology*