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. 2011 Nov;17(11):2139-42.
doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110747.

Rapid assessment of cholera-related deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010

Janell A Routh  1 , Anagha Loharikar, Marie-Délivrance Bernadette Fouché, Emily J Cartwright, Sharon L Roy, Elizabeth Ailes, W Roodly Archer, Jordan W Tappero, Thierry H Roels, Georges Dahourou, Robert E Quick
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Rapid assessment of cholera-related deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010

Janell A Routh et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov.

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.

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Figure 1
Number of and case-fatality rate (CFR) for persons hospitalized with cholera, Artibonite Department, Haiti, October 20–November 24, 2010.
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Figure 2
Number of persons who died of cholera, Artibonite Department, Haiti, October 16–November 14, 2010.
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