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Outbreak Report – Jaundice in Baramati,
Maharashtra
Situation Report: 29.03.2005
DISEASE/ SYNDROME:
Cholera
DISTRICT &
STATE: Sangli district, Maharshtra
DATE OF ONSET: 18 March 2005
REPORTED BY &
DATE OF REPORTING: State Nodal Officer, NSPCD on 29.03.2005
LOCATION: Municipal wards 2, 3, 9, 13, 19, 24 of
Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation, Sangli district.
Current Situation:
As per the information of state nodal officer of NSPCD in
Pune, 363 cases of acute diarrheal disease (and 1 death on 21.03.2005) have
occurred in the Municipal wards 2, 3, 9, 13, 19 (most affected ward) and 24
of Sangli Miraj Kupwad Municipal Corporation (1,18,708 affected population),
Sangli district. Cases are still being reported. Multiple leakages in the
water pipelines are being considered as the likely cause. Potable water is
being supplied through tankers. Surveillance, chlorine testing, management of
cases, house-to-house surveys and health education are being carried out.
Laboratory
investigations:
31 out of 133 stool samples cultured at Sangli Medical
College and district public health laboratory for enteropathogens from these
cases of acute diarrheal disease have grown Vibrio cholerae O1 ogawa. 2 out of a total of 198 water samples
tested at the district public health laboratory have shown fecal
contamination whereas residual chlorine was absent in 153 out of 3043 water
samples tested by OT test.
CONTACT DETAILS &
LAST UPDATED:
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Name
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Contact
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Last updated
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Dr. B R Shende
Joint Director &
State Nodal Officer, NSPCD, Mahrashtra
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Mobile: 09422315516
Ph:020-26050230
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29 September 2005
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SOURCE: State
Nodal Officer of NSPCD, Maharashtra via Office of the WHO Representative to
India
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