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- Title
Increased Rotavirus Prevalence in Diarrheal Outbreak Precipitated by Localized Flooding, Solomon Islands, 2014.
- Authors
Jones, Forrest K.; Ko, Albert I.; Becha, Chris; Joshua, Cynthia; Musto, Jennie; Thomas, Sarah; Ronsse, Axelle; Kirkwood, Carl D.; Sio, Alison; Aumua, Audrey; Nilles, Eric J.
- 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.
- Subjects
SOLOMON Islands; MELANESIA; ROTAVIRUS diseases; DISEASE prevalence; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of weather; VIRAL vaccines; COMPARATIVE studies; DIARRHEA; DISEASE outbreaks; BIOLOGICAL evolution; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; NATURAL disasters; PROTEINS; PUBLIC health surveillance; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; RETROVIRUS diseases; VIRAL antigens; ROTAVIRUSES; EVALUATION research; INFECTIOUS disease transmission
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016, Vol 22, Issue 5, p875
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2205.151743