Factors Associated with Emergence and Spread of Cholera Epidemics and Its Control in Sarawak, Malaysia between 1994 and 2003
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Cholera is a water and food-borne infectious disease that continues to be a major public health problem in most Asian countries.However, reports concerning the incidence and spread of cholera in these countries are infrequently made available to the international community.Cholera is endemic in Sarawak, Malaysia.We report here the epidemiologic and demographic data obtained from nine divisions of Sarawak for the ten years from 1994 to 2003 and discuss factors associated with the emergence and spread of cholera and its control.In ten years, 1672 cholera patients were recorded.High incidence of cholera was observed during the unusually strong El Niño years of 1997 to 1998 when a very severe and prolonged drought occurred in Sarawak.Cholera is endemic in the squatter towns and coastal areas especially those along the Sarawak river estuaries.The disease subsequently spread to the rural settlements due to movement of people from the towns to the rural areas.During the dry seasons when tributary gravity fed tap waters cease to flow, rural communities rely on river water for domestic use for consumption, washing clothes and household utensils.Consequently, these practices facilitated the spread of water borne diseases such as cholera.The epidemiologic and demographic data were categorized according to ethnic group, gender, occupation, and age of the patients.Large outbreaks occurred in north Sarawak (Bintulu, Miri, and Limbang) rather than the central (Kapit, Sarikei, Sibu)
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- Titre Crossref
- Factors Associated with Emergence and Spread of Cholera Epidemics and Its Control in Sarawak, Malaysia between 1994 and 2003
- Date Crossref
- 01/01/2005
- Éditeur
- Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
- Type
- journal-article
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Ministry of Health, Universiti Putra Malaysia et Oklahoma State Department of Health, avec 9 autres affiliations.
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