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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1820</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>GASTROENTERITIS OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION IN KURUGOD VILLAGE, KARNATAKA&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Goud</surname><given-names>T Gangadhara</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Raghavendra</surname><given-names>Bellara</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>.K</surname><given-names>Ramesh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>B</surname><given-names>Sameena A R</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Karinagannanavar</surname><given-names>Aravind</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>17</day><month>05</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume/><issue/><fpage>18</fpage><lpage>24</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: Outbreaks of gastroenteritis are common in India. Most of the gastric infections increase due to humid weather condition, which in turn facilitates bacterial proliferation. Gastroenteritis continues to be transmitted in environments characterized by inadequate water supply and poor sanitation. Aim: 1) To find the source of infection 2) To propose control measures. Materials and methods: On 10th February 2010, Kurugod village reported a cluster of gastroenteritis cases. A case of gastroenteritis was defined as occurrence of more than 3 loose/watery stools and vomiting. Then our team searched for cases of gastroenteritis in that village by house to house survey and inspected the sanitation and water supply&#13;
system. We collected water specimens from the affected areas for laboratory investigation. Results: The&#13;
outbreak started on 10th February 2010, peaked on 17th and lasted till 20th February 2010. Total 245 cases&#13;
were found in that village, out of that 230 cases of were reported in Kurugod A (attack rate: 2.21/1000, no&#13;
deaths). The attack rate was highest among children aged 0-5 years (5.06/1000) and females were more&#13;
affected (2.59/100). Water analysis was done from 11 different places of Kurugod area, the reports&#13;
confirmed that water was unfit for drinking and chlorine was totally absent in 6 water samples of&#13;
Kurugod A. Conclusion and Recommendation: This outbreak was due to contaminated water supply.&#13;
To prevent recurrences in the future, we recommended that tanks should be cleaned and chlorinated&#13;
periodically.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Outbreak</kwd><kwd> gastroenteritis</kwd><kwd> water contamination</kwd><kwd> Control</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
