Increased Rotavirus Prevalence in Diarrheal Outbreak Precipitated by Localized Flooding, Solomon Islands, 2014

Yale School of Public Health. New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Yale School of Public Health. New Haven, Connecticut, USA / Fundação Gonçalo Moniz. Centro de Pesquisas Gonçalo Moniz. Salvador, BA, Brasil.
Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Honiara, Solomon Islands.
World Health Organization. Honiara.
Solomon Islands Research Institute. Murdoch Childrens Royal Children’s Hospital. Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
World Health Organization. Suva, Fiji.
Solomon Islands Research Institute. Murdoch Childrens Royal Children’s Hospital. Parkville, Victoria, Australia / La Trobe University Melbourne. Victoria, Australia.
Solomon Islands Ministry of Health and Medical Services. Honiara, Solomon Islands.
World Health Organization. Honiara.
World Health Organization. Suva, Fiji.

Abstract

Flooding on 1 of the Solomon Islands precipitated a nationwide epidemic of diarrhea that spread to regions unaffected by flooding and caused >6,000 cases and 27 deaths. Rotavirus was identified in 38% of case-patients tested in the city with the most flooding. Outbreak potential related to weather reinforces the need for global rotavirus vaccination.

Keywords

Disease outbreaks
Guadalcanal
Pacific islands
Solomon Islands
Diarrhea
Disasters
Enteric infections
Epidemics
Rotavirus
Weather

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Citation

JONES, F. K. et al. Increased Rotavirus Prevalence in Diarrheal Outbreak Precipitated by Localized Flooding, Solomon Islands, 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases, v. 22, n. 5, p. 875-879, May. 2016.

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10.3201/eid2205.151743

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1080-6040

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/14962

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