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Public health response and lessons learned from the 2014 chikungunya epidemic in Grenada
- Source :
- Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 41, Iss 0 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Organización Panamericana de la Salud, 2017.
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Abstract
- In June 2014, the first cases of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) were diagnosed on the island of Carriacou, part of the tri-island state of Grenada. In the three months that followed, CHIKV spread rapidly, with conservative estimates of the population infected of at least 60%. Multiple challenges were encountered in the battle to manage the spread and impact of this high–attack rate virus, including 1) limited indigenous laboratory diagnostic capabilities; 2) an under-resourced health care system; 3) a skeptical general public, hesitant to accept facts about the origin and mode of transmission of the new virus; and 4) resistance to the vector control strategies used. Lessons learned from the outbreak included the need for 1) a robust and reliable epidemiological surveillance system; 2) effective strategies for communicating with the general population; 3) exploration of other methods of mosquito vector control; and 4) a careful review of all health care policies and protocols to ensure that effective, organized responses are triggered when an infectious outbreak occurs.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Virus chikungunya
lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
lcsh:RC955-962
030106 microbiology
Population
lcsh:Medicine
medicine.disease_cause
Indigenous
03 medical and health sciences
Región del Caribe
Health care
medicine
Humans
Chikungunya
education
Epidemics
Special Report
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Transmission (medicine)
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public health
lcsh:R
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Outbreak
lcsh:RA1-1270
medicine.disease
Virology
Caribbean region
030104 developmental biology
Grenada
Epidemiological surveillance
Chikungunya Fever
Medical emergency
Public Health
business
Chikungunya virus
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16805348 and 10204989
- Volume :
- 41
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3b0b97f62cac421e7ed279a872b48504