CHOLERA IN THE GILBERT-ISLANDS .1. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES

被引：13

作者：

KUBERSKI, T ^{[1
]}

FLOOD, T ^{[1
]}

TERA, T ^{[1
]}

LINEHAN, B ^{[1
]}

LANG, WR ^{[1
]}

CHILDS, J ^{[1
]}

NEWMAN, J ^{[1
]}

ROBERTSON, B ^{[1
]}

NORRIS, D ^{[1
]}

MACCORMACK, P ^{[1
]}

SHAW, D ^{[1
]}

MARSHALL, S ^{[1
]}

GARDNER, J ^{[1
]}

MACLEOD, E ^{[1
]}

LARACY, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] MINIST HLTH, TARAWA, KIRIBATI

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1979年 / 28卷 / 04期

关键词：

D O I：

10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.677

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

An explosive epidemic of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae, biotype El Tor, serotype Inaba, was centered on the coral atoll of Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. This outbreak was a unique experience in the South and Central Pacific region. The principal mode of spread during the peak of the outbreak was probably through contamination of the main water supply. Tarawa lagoon water and shellfish were found to be contaminated with V. cholerae and ingestion of raw fish ad shell fish from the lagoon also served as a source of transmission. This outbreak raises the concern of other outbreaks of cholera occurring on remote and poorly equipped Pacific islands where the environmental circumstances are conductive to cholera spread.

引用

页码：677 / 684

页数：8

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