Infectious Disease Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Affiliated with the Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, 12 Bayit Street, 91031 Jerusalem, Israel.
The Center for Geographic Medicine and Tropical Diseases, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer & Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015 Mar-Apr;13(2):150-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.02.003. Epub 2015 Feb 27.
Haiti lies on the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean, and is one of the poorest nations in the Western hemisphere. Haiti attracts a lot of medical attention and support due to severe natural disasters followed by disastrous health consequences. Vector-borne infections are still prevalent there with some unique aspects comparing it to Latin American countries and other Caribbean islands. Although vector-borne viral diseases such as dengue and recently chikungunya can be found in many of the Caribbean islands, including Haiti, there is an apparent distinction of the vector-borne parasitic diseases. Contrary to neighboring Carribbean islands, Haiti is highly endemic for malaria, lymphatic filariasis and mansonellosis. Affected by repeat natural disasters, poverty and lack of adequate infrastructure, control of transmission within Haiti and prevention of dissemination of vector-borne pathogens to other regions is challenging. In this review we summarize some aspects concerning diseases caused by vector-borne pathogens in Haiti.
海地位于西印度群岛中伊斯帕尼奥拉岛的西三分之一，是西半球最贫穷的国家之一。由于严重的自然灾害及其带来的灾难性健康后果，海地吸引了大量的医疗关注和支持。海地仍然存在着许多由病媒传播的传染病，与拉丁美洲国家和其他加勒比岛屿相比有一些独特的方面。尽管包括海地在内的许多加勒比岛屿都存在登革热和寨卡病毒等由病媒传播的病毒性疾病，但由病媒传播的寄生虫病明显不同。与邻国加勒比岛屿不同的是，海地疟疾、淋巴丝虫病和曼森线虫病流行率很高。由于反复发生自然灾害、贫困和基础设施不足，海地国内的传播控制以及防止病媒传播病原体向其他地区传播都具有挑战性。在这篇综述中，我们总结了海地由病媒传播病原体引起的一些疾病。
