Bhattacharya S K, Goswami A G, Bhattacharya M K, Dutta D, Deb A, Deb M, Sircar B K, Chowdhury A S, Das K P, Nair G B
National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Disease, Calcutta.
Indian J Med Res. 1994 Nov;100:213-6.
As one of large outbreaks of cholera-like illness in the Indian subcontinent, Calcutta and its neighbouring areas experienced an unprecedented epidemic due to a new strain of V. cholerae non-01, designated as V. cholerae 0139 Bengal, since January 1993. This epidemic predominantly affected the adult population of Calcutta as evidenced by the hospitalization of more adults at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Calcutta (IDH), which bore the main brunt of the epidemic in and around Calcutta. During the peak of the epidemic about 180 to 300 diarrhoea patients were admitted daily at the IDH. Of the 807 patients screened, 407 were positive for V. cholerae 0139 and majority (82.8%) of the cases were > 10 yr of age. Severe dehydration was recorded in 85.5 per cent of the cases.
作为印度次大陆大规模霍乱样疾病暴发之一，自1993年1月以来，加尔各答及其周边地区因一种新型非01群霍乱弧菌（被命名为霍乱弧菌0139孟加拉型）而经历了一场前所未有的疫情。这场疫情主要影响了加尔各答的成年人口，加尔各答传染病医院（IDH）收治了更多成年人，这证明了这一点，该医院在加尔各答及其周边地区的疫情中首当其冲。在疫情高峰期，IDH每天约有180至300名腹泻患者入院。在807名接受筛查的患者中，407名霍乱弧菌0139检测呈阳性，大多数（82.8%）病例年龄超过10岁。85.5%的病例出现严重脱水。
