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Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre.

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Oberle, MW; Merson, MH; Islam, MS; Rahman, AS; Huber, DH; Curlin, G
Published in: Int J Epidemiol
December 1980

The basic epidemiology of acute diarrhoeal disease seen at a rural Bangladesh hospital in 1975 is reviewed. V. cholerae 01 was isolated from 28% of 1 964 patients. Significant differences in hospitalisation rates were observed between males and females in several age groups. Overall hospital case fatality was 9/1000 cases. We estimate that approximately a quarter to half of the hospitalised patients would have died had no rehydration therapy been available. The region's total mortality was reduced by approximately 7%-15%, at a cost of United States $0.14 per capita. Mortality from acute diarrhoeal diseases was greatly reduced for all age groups, and total mortality and mortality from all diarrhoeal diseases were particularly reduced for young children and young adults. Rehydration therapy used in a field hospital was apparently highly effective in reducing general mortality and mortality from acute diarrhoeal diseases.

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Int J Epidemiol

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ISSN

0300-5771

Publication Date

December 1980

Volume

9

Issue

4

Start / End Page

341 / 348

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Rural Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
 

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Oberle, M. W., Merson, M. H., Islam, M. S., Rahman, A. S., Huber, D. H., & Curlin, G. (1980). Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre. Int J Epidemiol, 9(4), 341–348. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/9.4.341
Oberle, M. W., M. H. Merson, M. S. Islam, A. S. Rahman, D. H. Huber, and G. Curlin. “Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre.Int J Epidemiol 9, no. 4 (December 1980): 341–48. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/9.4.341.
Oberle MW, Merson MH, Islam MS, Rahman AS, Huber DH, Curlin G. Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre. Int J Epidemiol. 1980 Dec;9(4):341–8.
Oberle, M. W., et al. “Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre.Int J Epidemiol, vol. 9, no. 4, Dec. 1980, pp. 341–48. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/ije/9.4.341.
Oberle MW, Merson MH, Islam MS, Rahman AS, Huber DH, Curlin G. Diarrhoeal disease in Bangladesh: epidemiology, mortality averted and costs at a rural treatment centre. Int J Epidemiol. 1980 Dec;9(4):341–348.
Journal cover image

Published In

Int J Epidemiol

DOI

ISSN

0300-5771

Publication Date

December 1980

Volume

9

Issue

4

Start / End Page

341 / 348

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Sex Factors
  • Rural Health
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant
  • Humans
  • Hospitals, Community
  • Female
  • Epidemiology