Epidemic cholera in a crowded urban environment, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Emerg Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;17(11):2143-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1711.110772.

Abstract

We conducted a case-control study to investigate factors associated with epidemic cholera. Water treatment and handwashing may have been protective, highlighting the need for personal hygiene for cholera prevention in contaminated urban environments. We also found a diverse diet, a possible proxy for improved nutrition, was protective against cholera.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Child
  • Cholera / epidemiology*
  • Cholera / prevention & control
  • Cholera / transmission
  • Crowding*
  • Epidemics*
  • Female
  • Food Microbiology
  • Haiti / epidemiology
  • Hand Disinfection
  • Humans
  • Hygiene
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Urban Population*
  • Water Supply / standards
  • Young Adult