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Risk factors for cholera transmission in Haiti during inter-peak periods: insights to improve current control strategies from two case-control studies

  • F. GRANDESSO (a1), M. ALLAN (a1), P. S. J. JEAN-SIMON (a2), J. BONCY (a3), A. BLAKE (a1), R. PIERRE (a4), K. P. ALBERTI (a1), A. MUNGER (a2), G. ELDER (a5), D. OLSON (a5), K. PORTEN (a1) and F. J. LUQUERO (a1)...
Summary

Two community-based density case-control studies were performed to assess risk factors for cholera transmission during inter-peak periods of the ongoing epidemic in two Haitian urban settings, Gonaives and Carrefour. The strongest associations were: close contact with cholera patients (sharing latrines, visiting cholera patients, helping someone with diarrhoea), eating food from street vendors and washing dishes with untreated water. Protective factors were: drinking chlorinated water, receiving prevention messages via television, church or training sessions, and high household socioeconomic level. These findings suggest that, in addition to contaminated water, factors related to direct and indirect inter-human contact play an important role in cholera transmission during inter-peak periods. In order to reduce cholera transmission in Haiti intensive preventive measures such as hygiene promotion and awareness campaigns should be implemented during inter-peak lulls, when prevention activities are typically scaled back.

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*Author for correspondence: Mr F. Grandesso, Clinical Research Department, Epicentre, 8 rue Saint-Sabin, 75011 Paris, France. (Email: francesco.GRANDESSO@epicentre.msf.org)
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