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Archive Number 20101025.3867
Published Date 25-OCT-2010
Subject PRO/AH/EDR> Anthrax - Haiti: (OU) fatal
ANTHRAX - HAITI: (OUEST) FATAL
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A ProMED-mail post
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International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Date: Sat 23 Oct 2010
Source: Marie-Carmel Charles reported to HealthMap Alerts [edited]
<http://healthmap.org/gx.php?id=559313>
Anthrax - Haiti report
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First human death of anthrax ("charbon" in French) is confirmed in Leogane.
Communicated by:
Dr Marie-Carmel Charles
to HealthMap Alerts
<http://healthmap.org/gx.php?id=559313>
[This reflects more the invasion of health personnel lately than a
change in the anthrax status of Haiti. Anthrax is hyperendemic in
this western part of Hispaniola -- Santo Domingo manages to be
essentially free. Reports during the past decade have been sparse.
They merely informed OIE that the disease was present in livestock
and humans. However during the 1900's there were significant numbers
of human cases reported most years: 1993 (more than 180), 1994 (622),
1995 (768), 1998 (183 human cases and 220 cattle cases), 1999 (176)
-- and remember the population of Haiti is not large so these
numerator numbers are significant. - Mod.MHJ]
[Leogane, in the Ouest Department of Haiti, can be located on the
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Haiti at
<http://healthmap.org/r/0ec1>. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ]
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