Annales de la Société belge de médecine tropicale
Volume 75, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 201-210

Epidemic of bacillary dysentery in the Rwanda refugee camps of the Goma region (Zaire, North Kivu) in August 1994 [Epidémie de dysenterie bacillaire dans les camps de réfugiés rwandais de la région de Goma (Zaire, Nord-Kivu) en août 1994.] (Article)

Milleliri J.M.* , Soares J.L. , Signoret J. , Bechen R. , Lamarque D. , Boutin J.P. , Coué J.C. , Niel L. , Merouze F. , Rey J.L.
  • a BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • b BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • c BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • d BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • e BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • f BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • g BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • h BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • i BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France
  • j BIOFORCE, Section Epidémiologie, DCSSA, Armées, France

Abstract

The authors describe the extension of an outbreak of bacillary dysentery among the Rwandese populations seeking refuge in the region of Goma, Zaire in august 1994. Analysis of the epidemiological surveillance data and of the bacteriological laboratory results of the Bioforce, show that this epidemic was probably facilitated by the preceding cholera outbreak. In such circumstances, rapid sterilization of the virus reservoir, by short course treatments, might be beneficial in limiting the extension of the epidemic.

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Index Keywords

refugee Pregnancy Complications, Infectious Rwanda pregnancy complication human Refugees middle aged ethnology Democratic Republic Congo Humans Dysentery, Bacillary Adolescent male preschool child female Infant Child, Preschool pregnancy Democratic Republic of the Congo Disease Outbreaks Article epidemic adult antiinfective agent Anti-Bacterial Agents Child shigellosis
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ISSN: 03656527
Cited by: 9
Original Language: French