| Clinical illnesses and causes of death in a Burmese refugee camp in Bangladesh. | |
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PMID: 6228533 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In 1978 almost 200 000 Burmese refugees entered Bangladesh. Thirteen camps were set up for refugees. Data for the camp at Leda is presented here. There were four medical clinics; including a diarrhoea clinic operated by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh. The four clinics recorded a total of 174 201 visits by the refugees, of which 28% were for watery diarrhoea, 32% for dysentery and 40% for other illnesses. Of 2321 diarrhoea stools cultured, 29.2% yielded pathogens of which 22% were Shigellae alone. Coliform count of water was extremely high. The death rate (89/1000/year) was higher than the birth rate (28/1000/year). Most of the deaths were among infants (640), children (357) and old people (131). Main causes of death were clinical diarrhoea (11.8%), fever (23%) and poor nutrition (52%). Prompt arrangements for food, identifying the vulnerable groups, and proper sanitation perhaps could have reduced the number of deaths considerably. |
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Authors:
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M U Khan; M H Munshi |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: International journal of epidemiology Volume: 12 ISSN: 0300-5771 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Epidemiol Publication Date: 1983 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1984-02-14 Completed Date: 1984-02-14 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7802871 Medline TA: Int J Epidemiol Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 460-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Bangladesh Child Diarrhea / epidemiology, microbiology, mortality Female Humans Infant Male Morbidity* Mortality* Myanmar / ethnology Refugees* |
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