A cluster of acute diarrhea suspected to be cholera in French travelers in Haiti, December 2010.
J Travel Med
; 19(3): 189-91, 2012.
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| ID: mdl-22530828
A cluster of 21 cases of watery diarrhea suspected to be cholera that involved French military policemen and young volunteers occurring in the context of the Haiti cholera outbreak is described. The attack rate (AR) was higher among young volunteers (71.4%) than among policemen (15.3%) (p < 0.0001). There was a significant association between raw vegetables consumption and watery diarrhea in the young volunteer group. If we consider the raw vegetables consumers only, AR was lower among doxycycline-exposed subjects (relative risk: 0.2; 95% confidence interval: 0.1-0.4). The main aspect that is of scientific interest is the potential prophylactic effect of doxycycline used for malaria prophylaxis on the watery diarrhea AR.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Socorro em Desastres
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Viagem
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Cólera
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Surtos de Doenças
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Diarreia
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Doenças Transmitidas por Alimentos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Europa
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Haiti
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Travel Med
Assunto da revista:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França
País de publicação:
Reino Unido