A retrospective study: Cholera in Baghdad 2015
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Author(s)
Al-Koubaisy, Haitham
Tabche, Celine
Rawaf, Salman
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
From June to December 2015, Iraq's capital city, Baghdad, suffered a cholera epidemic. Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital (AYTH) is the second main hospital in Baghdad City, located close to the epidemic epicentre and recorded events as they unfolded. A retrospective audit of hospital records was done in this study. Clinical and sociodemographic data were collected on the population, including adult patients admitted to AYTH with a confirmed diagnosis of cholera by the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL). The confirmed cases were 940. Of those cases, 21% attended AYTH. Initial belt zone cases totalled 44.16% of hospital cases, of which 65 were dependent on agricultural products from neighbouring farms. All patients were positive for the Inaba Vibrio Cholera strain. Baghdad’s cholera epidemic may have resulted from inhabitants’ dependence on local water sources for agricultural needs. During summer, severed water supplies denied Baghdad’s Dijla River water access forced farmers and locals to source well water. To protect the public and environmental safety, groundwater must be accurately and regularly tested in the region. Safe drinking water and sanitary toilet facilities must be guaranteed.
Date Issued
2022-11-01
Date Acceptance
2022-07-29
Citation
Science Journal of Public Health, 2022, 10 (6), pp.252-255
ISSN
2328-7942
Publisher
Science Publishing Group
Start Page
252
End Page
255
Journal / Book Title
Science Journal of Public Health
Volume
10
Issue
6
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This article is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Published
Date Publish Online
2022-12-29