Goarant C, Laumond-Barny S, Perez J, Vernel-Pauillac F, Chanteau S, Guigon A
Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouméa, New Caledonia.
Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Aug;14(8):926-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02310.x. Epub 2009 Jun 22.
A leptospirosis epidemic affected New Caledonia during the first semester of 2008. A total of 135 cases were diagnosed with a relatively low fatality rate of 3.7%. Heavy rainfalls, related to La Niña, favoured this epidemic. The PCR, routinely used, confirmed 54% of the cases, and the microagglutination test 56%. Epidemiological and economical data on this epidemic are presented and discussed.
2008年上半年,新喀里多尼亚爆发了钩端螺旋体病疫情。共确诊135例病例,病死率相对较低,为3.7%。与拉尼娜现象相关的暴雨助长了此次疫情。常规使用的聚合酶链反应(PCR)确诊了54%的病例,微量凝集试验确诊了56%的病例。本文介绍并讨论了此次疫情的流行病学和经济数据。