title: Rapid assessment of cholera-related deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. iyp1@cdc.gov
authors.forename: Janell A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Routh
authors.forename: Anagha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Loharikar
authors.forename: Marie-Délivrance Bernadette
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Fouché
authors.forename: Emily J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cartwright
authors.forename: Sharon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ailes
authors.forename: W Roodly
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Jordan W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Tappero
authors.forename: Thierry H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Roels
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dahourou
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Quick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006205:Haiti / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult
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