Open AccessOutbreak investigation of cholera outbreak in a slum area of urban Wardha, India: An interventional epidemiological study
Author(s) -
Sourav Goswami,
Anupriya Jha,
Sarinkumar Puthenveettil Sivan,
Dharampal G. Dambhare,
Subodh S Gupta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_308_18
Subject(s) - medicine , cholera , overcrowding , epidemiology , outbreak , slum , environmental health , public health , case fatality rate , population , attack rate , pediatrics , pathology , economics , economic growth
Cholera, though a preventable and treatable disease, is still regarded as an important public health problem in developing countries including India. Migration, unhygienic living conditions, overcrowding, open field defecation, and ignorance about the spread of disease are the major reasons for the occurrence of cholera in the slum areas. Cholera was detected in the stool sample of a 3-year-old child from a slum area of urban Wardha, which demanded an urgent outbreak investigation to be carried out before it progressed into an epidemic.