TY - JOUR AU - Routh, Janell A. AU - Loharikar, Anagha AU - Fouché, Marie-Délivrance Bernadette AU - Cartwright, Emily J. AU - Roy, Sharon L. AU - Ailes, Elizabeth AU - Archer, W. Roodly AU - Tappero, Jordan W. AU - Roels, Thierry H. AU - Dahourou, Georges AU - Quick, Robert E. T1 - Rapid Assessment of Cholera-related Deaths, Artibonite Department, Haiti, 2010 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2011 VL - 17 IS - 11 SP - 2139 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated a high (6%) cholera case-fatality rate in Haiti. Of 39 community decedents, only 23% consumed oral rehydration salts at home, and 59% did not seek care, whereas 54% of 48 health facility decedents died after overnight admission. Early in the cholera epidemic, care was inadequate or nonexistent. KW - cholera KW - diarrhea KW - mortality KW - bacteria KW - oral rehydration therapy KW - risk assessment KW - Haiti DO - 10.3201/eid1711.110747 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/17/11/11-0747_article ER - End of Reference