Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004

Mark E Beatty; Elizabeth Hunsperger; Earl Long; Julia Schürch; Seema Jain; Rom Colindres; Gerald Lerebours; Yves-Marie Bernard; James Goodman Dobbins; Mathew Brown; Gary G Clark

doi:10.3201/eid1302.061134

Mosquitoborne infections after Hurricane Jeanne, Haiti, 2004

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Feb;13(2):308-10. doi: 10.3201/eid1302.061134.

Authors

Mark E Beatty¹, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Earl Long, Julia Schürch, Seema Jain, Rom Colindres, Gerald Lerebours, Yves-Marie Bernard, James Goodman Dobbins, Mathew Brown, Gary G Clark

Affiliation

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. mbeatty@pdvi.org

Abstract

After Hurricane Jeanne in September 2004, surveillance for mosquitoborne diseases in Gonaïves, Haiti, identified 3 patients with malaria, 2 with acute dengue infections, and 2 with acute West Nile virus infections among 116 febrile patients. These are the first reported human West Nile virus infections on the island of Hispaniola.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Child
Child, Preschool
Culicidae
Dengue / epidemiology*
Disasters*
Female
Haiti / epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
West Nile Fever / epidemiology*