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Infectious Diseases & Urbanization in Developing Countries . Opeyemi S. Odewale PhD Student Walden University PUBH Instructor: Dr. Rubin Howard Spring 2011. Overview. Status of global waterborne infectious disease Waterborne pathogens Study focus: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Infectious Diseases & Urbanization in Developing Countries
Opeyemi S. OdewalePhD Student
Walden UniversityPUBH
Instructor: Dr. Rubin HowardSpring 2011
Overview
• Status of global waterborne infectious disease
• Waterborne pathogens
• Study focus: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
• Study focus: Developing countries ( India, Mexico & Nigeria)
• HEV health impact
• Need for concerns
• Prophylaxis & Vaccine
• Global Integration
• Reference (s)
Status of global waterborne infectious disease
Per year more than 3.4 million people die as a result of water related diseases, making it the leading cause of disease and death around the world ( WHO, 2005)
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Eliminating disease and death due to unclean water and poor sanitation would reap billions of dollars in health and productivity gains; estimation indicates that for every dollar spent, there would be an economic return of between $3 and $34 ( WHO, 2005)
Waterborne pathogensStudy focus: Hepatitis E Virus (HEV)
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Hepatitis E Virus (enteric transmitted non-A, non-B hepatitis) StatusMicrobiology
• 27-34 nm, non-enveloped virions
• Single-stranded RNA genome: approximately 7.2 Kb,
• positive polarity, with 5’-cap
• Genus Hepevirus
• Family Hepeviridae Genotypes
• – Gt 1, 2: Only human infection
• – Gt 3, 4: Both humans and animalsClinical Presentation
• Acute hepatitis
• Sporadic hepatitis Transmitted person-to-person fecal-oral route
CDC, 2010
Hepatitis E Status
Genotype (Gt) geographical distribution :•Gt 1 and 2: epidemic strains causing human infection •Gt 3 and 4: zoonotic strains isolated from humans and a variety of animals
Pelosi & Clarke, 2008
Hepatitis E Status - Outbreak
Developing countries associated with HEV
• Study Focus:– India ( Asia)– Nigeria (Africa)– Mexico (North America)
Statistics of HEV -India
•Population growth rate is 1.41% ranking 93rd in the world •29.5% population in urban setting • 1955-1956 30 000 cases were reported in New Delhi•1997- 52 000 cases were reported in Kashmir
WHO, 2010
Statistics of Hepatitis E -Mexico
•Population growth rate is 1.1% ranking 106th in the world •77.2 % of population live in urban setting •1986 Genotype 2 outbreak•1988- 1989 4000 cases
Statistics of HEV -Nigeria
•Population growth rate is 1.94% ranking 59th in the world •48.4 of population in urban setting•1986 Genotype 2 sporadic infection outbreak in Port Harcourt
Health Impact – General Population
• Affects predominantly young adults
• Leading cause of acute viral hepatitis in South Asia, Africa, Middle East
• Mortality in general population 1-4%
• Causes substantial morbidity and mortality in older men
WHO, 2010
Health impact of HEV- Pregnancy
• Mortality in pregnant women ~20%
• Hepatitis and mortality in pregnant women during epidemics (10-20%) in 3rd trimester
• Causes intrauterine infection, prenatal morbidity and mortality
• Maternal death can occur due to encephalopathy, haemorrhagic diathesis or renal failure
• Cope, 2010
Health Impact -Global transportation
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Need for concern•Relatively new virus •Under diagnosed•Misdiagnosed •Globalization•Poor prognosis associated with pre-existing liver disease
Prophylaxis & Vaccine
Recombinant HEV vaccine has shownefficacy tailored to women. It boostersresponse following 3 doses, which indicates development in immunological memory
Wai Kuo Shih (2010)
Global Integration
Organization(s)
CDC
United Nation
UK- Health
Protection Agency
WHO
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• CDC, (2010). Waterborne definition. www.cdc.gov/ncphi/disss/nndss/casedef/waterbornecurrent ( Retrieved 22-04-2011)
• Virginia Bioinformatics Institute(2011). Hepatitis E Virus. http://ci.vbi.vt.edu/pathinfo/pathogens/HEV.html (Retrieved 22-04-2011)
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Review. Department of Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India and World
Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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Diagnostics and Vaccine Development infectious diseases, Xiamen University, Seoul, Korea
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