Administrative Details

Source

The Papua New Guinea Cholera Outbreak: Implications for PNG, Australia and the Torres Strait. Med J Aust. 2013 Nov 4;199(9):576-7.

Created

2019-01-25 4:11 PM

Updated

2024-02-09 5:39 AM

Source Documents

10047.pdf 2021-11-11 3:23 PM

Notes

The outbreak of cholera in PNG was first reported in August 2009 in Morobe Province on the north coast. By early 2011 cholera had spread further along the north coast and then south to cover about half of PNG’s provinces. Cholera was first reported in Daru in Western Province in November 2010. The outbreak in Western Province was associated with the highest number of cases, 3945, and with the highest CFR, 8.8%

Epidemiologic Details

Strains

O1-ElTor-Unk

Observation Properties

Case and death counts could include double-counting of overlapping observations
# of Observations

2

Earliest Observation

2009-08-01

Latest Observation

2011-03-01

Observation Frequency

Other (348)

Deaths

493

Suspected Cases

19359

Observation Fields

Standard

Location
TL
TR
Primary
Phantom
deaths
sCh

Observations

Location
TL
TR
deaths
sCh
WPR::PNG.Papua New Guinea 2009-08-01 2011-03-01 493 15414
WPR::PNG::PG-WPD 2010-11-01 2011-03-01 3945
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