Is your drinking water safe? A rotavirus outbreak linked to water refilling stations in the Philippines, 2016
| Autor: | Niño D Rebato, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Ma Nemia Sucaldito, Gretchen R Marin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Rotavirus Diarrhea Acute diarrhea Stool sample lcsh:Medicine Water safety medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Line list 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Waterborne Diseases Medicine Non theme issue business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine lcsh:R Outbreak lcsh:RA1-1270 General Medicine Acute gastroenteritis 3. Good health 030104 developmental biology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine.symptom business Outbreak Investigation Report |
| Zdroj: | Western Pacific Surveillance and Response, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2019) Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal : WPSAR |
| ISSN: | 2094-7313 2094-7321 |
| Popis: | Introduction: In April 2016, the Department of Health in the Zamboanga Peninsula reported an increase in the number of acute gastroenteritis cases reported from Zamboanga City. An epidemiologic investigation was conducted to verify the existence of an outbreak, determine source/mode of transmission and to recommend control measures. Methods: A line list of cases was compiled from the 11 hospitals within Zamboanga City and a case-series study was conducted. Suspected cases were any persons from Zamboanga City who had ≥3 episodes of acute diarrhea within 24 hours from March 15-May 29, 2016. Confirmed cases were suspected cases with active symptoms during the investigation period that had a stool sample collected with rotavirus detected. Water samples were also collected for viral detection. Results: There were 2,936 suspected cases with 22 deaths (CFR 0.75%), an age range of eight days to 89 years (median: 2 years), with those aged less than five years the most affected age group (1903/2936, 65%). The majority were males (1549/2936, 53%). From the 138 active cases included in the case series, the majority reported contact with a family member who had diarrhea (89/138, 64%) and using water refilling stations as their major source of drinking water (88/134, 64%). Of the 93 cases that had stool specimens collected, 56 (60%) were positive for rotavirus. Five samples from water refilling stations where cases reported collecting their drinking water from were all positive for rotavirus. Discussion: Strict regulation of water refilling stations and the boiling of drinking water in households were implemented, immediately controlling the outbreak. After complying with all the requirements set by the Department of Health, water safety certificate was awarded to Zamboanga City on September 2018. |
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