Epidémie de 12 cas de maladie à virus monkeypox dans le district de Bangassou en République Centrafricaine en décembre 2015

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• 作者：E. Kalthan ; J. P. Dondo-Fongbia ; S. Yambele…
• 关键词：Mots clésInvestigation ; Epidémie ; Monkeypox ; Zoonose ; Madigui ; Bandoufou ; Fadama ; Lingo ; Bakouma ; Bangassou ; République centrafricaine ; Afrique intertropicale
• 刊名：Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：109
• 期：5
• 页码：358-363
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• 刊物主题：Internal Medicine; Tropical Medicine; Infectious Diseases; Gastroenterology; Epidemiology; Parasitology;
• 出版者：Lavoisier
• ISSN：1961-9049
• 卷排序：109

文摘

An outbreak of monkeypox occurred in the district of Bangassou in 2015. The monkeypox is a re-emerging zoonosis of viral origin highly contagious. It is an eruptive fever which evolves in an epidemic manner. An investigation was held December 10, 2015, to February 10, 2016 in the focus of the epidemic. Its objective was to describe the epidemic according to the time, places and people and to determine the incidence and lethality of the disease. This was a descriptive study. The data collection was made by interview and using a linear plug composed of several sections. All suspected cases were taken into account. The interview was done with patients or the parents of sick children. The blood and the contents of the lesions were collected and sent to the laboratory of the Institut Pasteur in Bangui for confirmation. Our data were analyzed with Epi info7. In total 12 patients had been registered including 9 secondary cases. Patients aged 31 to 40 years and less than 10 years were most affected. In addition, adults were most affected by the disease (8/12). The average age was 25 years with extremes at 15 months and 41 years. The sex male/female ratio was 1. The overall attack rate of disease and lethality were 0.2 per 1000 inhabitants and 25% respectively. The fatality was 67% among children less than 10 years. Fever and rash were the main symptoms of the disease. Lymphadenopathy was present in 54.5%. Ten of the 12 patients were hospitalized (83%). The average duration of hospitalization was 13 days with the extremes 6 and 28 days. The monkeypox like smallpox remains a serious and fatal disease in children. A survey of animal reservoirs complained to identify strains of the virus is essential. During an outbreak, good communication and isolation of patients may break the chain of transmission. Other measures to limit their contact with the forest or virus reservoirs are to be encouraged.