Mortality rates during cholera Epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011

Francisco J. Luquero; Marc Rondy; Jacques Boncy; André Munger; Helmi Mekaoui; Ellen Rymshaw; Anne Laure Page; Brahima Toure; Marie Amelie Degail; Sarala Nicolas; Francesco Grandesso; Maud Ginsbourger; Jonathan Polonsky; Kathryn P. Alberti; Mego Terzian; David Olson; Klaudia Porten; Iza Ciglenecki

doi:10.3201/eid2203.141970

Mortality rates during cholera Epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011

Francisco J. Luquero, Marc Rondy, Jacques Boncy, André Munger, Helmi Mekaoui, Ellen Rymshaw, Anne Laure Page, Brahima Toure, Marie Amelie Degail, Sarala Nicolas, Francesco Grandesso, Maud Ginsbourger, Jonathan Polonsky, Kathryn P. Alberti, Mego Terzian, David Olson, Klaudia Porten, Iza Ciglenecki

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The 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti was one of the largest cholera epidemics ever recorded. To estimate the magnitude of the death toll during the first wave of the epidemic, we retrospectively conducted surveys at 4 sites in the northern part of Haiti. Overall, 70,903 participants were included; at all sites, the crude mortality rates (19.1-35.4 deaths/1,000 person-years) were higher than the expected baseline mortality rate for Haiti (9 deaths/1,000 person- years). This finding represents an excess of 3,406 deaths (2.9-fold increase) for the 4.4% of the Haiti population covered by these surveys, suggesting a substantially higher cholera mortality rate than previously reported.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	410-416
Number of pages	7
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	22
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.141970
State	Published - Mar 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases
Epidemiology

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Luquero, F. J., Rondy, M., Boncy, J., Munger, A., Mekaoui, H., Rymshaw, E., Page, A. L., Toure, B., Degail, M. A., Nicolas, S., Grandesso, F., Ginsbourger, M., Polonsky, J., Alberti, K. P., Terzian, M., Olson, D., Porten, K., & Ciglenecki, I. (2016). Mortality rates during cholera Epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(3), 410-416. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.141970

Luquero, FJ, Rondy, M, Boncy, J, Munger, A, Mekaoui, H, Rymshaw, E, Page, AL, Toure, B, Degail, MA, Nicolas, S, Grandesso, F, Ginsbourger, M, Polonsky, J, Alberti, KP, Terzian, M, Olson, D, Porten, K & Ciglenecki, I 2016, 'Mortality rates during cholera Epidemic, Haiti, 2010-2011', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 410-416. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2203.141970

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