Case Studies In Health Information Management
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Chapter7: Healthcare Statistics And Research Methods
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 7.10.1C
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Transcribed Image Text:Case 6
An outbreak of this disease, an illness with high mortality, was observed in captured wild prairie dogs at
a commercial exotic animal distributor in Texas. Before shipments were halted on 1 August 2002,
approximately 250 of an estimated 3,600 prairie dogs that passed through the Texas facility had died.
The sick animals were believed to be part of a single shipment of prairie dogs that were caught in South
Dakota starting on 18 May and shipped to the Texas distributor 16 June. Prairie dogs were shipped by
the Texas facility and by a South Dakota trader to wholesalers, retailers, and individuals in Arkansas,
Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia and exported
to Belgium, the Czech Republic, Japan, The Netherlands, and Thailand. Unusually high numbers of sick
or dead prairie dogs were reported from Texans and the Czech Republic.
There were some reports of human illness following handling of prairie dogs. After 2 to 6 days,
individuals experienced a sudden onset of a high fever, chills, headaches, and muscle aches, and a
feeling of weakness. In addition, chest discomfort and a dry cough were common.
The CDC laboratory tests of blood and sputa revealed the bacterium, a small, aerobic, gram-negative
coccobacillus, also seen in rabbits (which gives this disease its nickname). Identification was completed
in a specialized high-level biosafety laboratory.
Due to the potential for global outbreak, the World Health Organization and the European Union
Disease Surveillance Network became involved in the investigation. This organism is also a potential
bioweapon and is among the CDC's top six agents of concern. This outbreak was not a bioterrorist
attack.
Lesion caused by the pathogen at the point of entry:
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