emerging diseases and travel related illnesses
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Emerging Diseases and Travel related illnessesAmornphat Kitro, M.D. Department of Community Medicine. Faculty of MedicineChiang Mai [email protected]
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Outline• Emerging disease
• Coronavirus 2019• SARS• MERS• Ebola
• Travel related illness• High altitude• Jet lag• Cruise ship travel• Cave related illness
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Definition
• Emerging VS Re-emerging• Newly emerging: diseases
that have been discovered in the human host or a population for the first time• Re-emerging: infectious
diseases that reappear, more pathogenic form and in rapidly increasing incidence or new geographic locations after apparent control or eradication
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Infectious disease that has appeared in the population for the first time, or that may have exited previously but in rapidly
increasing incidence or geographic range
Coronavirus outbreak• Corona=crown
• Identified in • Avain• Mammals: bat, camels, dogs, masked palm civets
• Emerging disease• SARS-CoV, 2002-2003• MERS-OcV, 2012 (Novel Coronavirus 2012)• SARS-CoV-2, Dec 2019
• Pneumonia of unknown ethiology in Wuhan• 2019-novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)• Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2)• COVID-19
COVID-19• Zoonosis
• Bat: natural reservoir• Palm civet: intermediate host
• Incubation: 2-14 days • mean 5.2 days, 95% CI 4.1-7.0
days)• Could be long as 24 days (rare
case)• Reproductive number (R0) =
2.2 (range up to 6.6)• Case fatality rate
• Supportive treatment ± Flavipiravir
Reproductive Number (R0)Disease Transmission Reproductive NumberMeasles Airborne 12 – 18Pertussis Airborne/droplet 12 – 17Diphtheria Airborne/droplet 6 – 7Smallpox Contact 5 – 7Polio Food & water vehicle (fecal-oral route) 5 – 7Rubella Airborne/droplet 5 – 7Mumps Airborne/droplet 4 – 7HIV Sexual contact 2 – 5SARS Airborne/droplet 2 – 5Influenza H1N1 pdm Airborne/droplet 1.5 - 2
Transmission
DropletsCoronavirus
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Transmission
Contact
Reservoir host
S protein bind to ACE2 receptor: quick spreading of virus
Transmission and chain of transmissionWhich character has the highest risk of getting an
infection?
1. 2. 3. 4.
Symptoms and when to be worried?
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≥37.5 COr 99.5 F
Respiratory symptoms
- History of travel or live in Mainland China within 14 days or- History of contact with animals or admitted in a hospital in a country with outbreak or- History of close contact with a laboratory confirmed Coronavirus 2019 patient or- Patient with unexplained pneumonia with history of close contact with suspected
patient
Household contact
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Family members, relatives who take care of the confirmed case
Live in the same household with a confirmed case
Transportation
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Patient with symptoms can spread Coronavirus
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Workplace and community
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Student, colleagues and closed friend
Live in the same community and contact with respiratory secretion of the patient
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• 1st reported in Asia
• 8,098 people worldwide became sick and 774 died
• Currently, no known SARS trasmission anywhere in the world
• Droplet transmission• Incubation: 2-7 days (up to 10)
• Symptoms: high fever (>38.0 °C), headache, body ache, mild respiratory symptoms with dry cough, diarrhea, pneumonia
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
• 1st case was reported from Middle East
• Novel Coronavirus 2012• Superspreader: Korea
• Transmission: camel to human, human to human
• Incubation: 2-14 days
• Symptoms: fever, URI, GI pneumonia, ARDS
• Case fatality 30-40%• Supportive treatment ±
ribavirin
May not show any signs of infectionShed viral through- Nasal & eye discharge
milk and urine- Raw organ and meat
Nasopharyngel Swab and Troat/oropharyngeal swabOr Nasopharyngeal aspiration Or Tracheal aspirate
Super spreader
an individual who is more
likely to infect others,
compared with a typical infected
person
Patient under investigation (PUI)• Respiratory infection (cough,
runny nose, sorethroat) with a history of travel from countries in or near the Arabian Peninsula within 14 days with • Symptomatic patient with
fever (38 Celsius) or • contact with camel or • Close contact with a
confirmed MERS case while the case was ill
• Probable case • Screening gene: up E
detected
• Confirm case• Gene ORF 1a and ORF 1b
detected • Or RdRp gene or N gene
detected (nucleotide sequencing)
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
• Ebola river, Democratic Republic of Congo
• Case fatality rate: 50% (25-90%)• Transmission: fruit bat to human,
human-to-human• Incubation: 2-21 days
• Outbreak• Past outbreak 2014-2016 (Guinea,
Liberia, Sierra Leone)• Current: DR Congo
Ring vaccination
a strategy to inhibit the spread of a disease by vaccinating only those who are most likely to be infected
Definition
Oxygenation at different height• As altitude increases – gases exert less pressure - the hypoxia that occurs with higher altitudes• The percentage of oxygen remains the same with changes in altitude
How can we explain the cause of hypoxia?Mixture of non-reacting gases, the total pressure exerted is equal to the sum of the partial pressure of the individual gases• Example
• Oxygen at sea levelO2 = 21% and PO2 =21% x 760 mmHg = 159.22 mmHg
• Oxygen at 8,000 feetO2 = 21% and PO2 =21% x 565 mmHg = 118.65 mmHg
Dalton’s law
High altitude illness (HAI)
• Acute mountain sickness (AMS)• High altitude cerebral edema (HACE)• High altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE)
Acute mountain sickness (AMS)• Onset 2-12 hours after arriving to the
altitude
• Symptoms• throbbing headache• loss of appetite, nausea or vomiting• Fatigue• Dizziness• Sleep disturbance
• Resolve within 12-48 hours of acclimatization
High altitude cerebral edema (HACE)• Symptoms develop after AMS
• Ataxia (most common)• Alteration of conscious: confusion,
lethargy• papilledema
• Should rule out alternative diagnosis
High Altitude Pulmonary edema (HAPE)Symptoms
• Dry cough à productive cough (pink frosty sputum)
• Dyspnea on exertion or at rest
Signs• Worsening tachycardia• Prominent P2, RV heaving, rales in
both lungs
Acetazolamide prophylaxis • 125 mg every 12 hours
• Start 24 hr before ascent and continue for at least 48 hr after arrival to the highest altitude
• Avoid in patient who allergic to sulfa group• Side effect
• Increase urination• Paresthesia of the fingers and toes• Altered taste of carbonated beverages
Tips for acclimatization
• Gradual ascent
• Using prophylatic medication
• Avoid alcohol for the first 48 hours
• Mild exercise for the first 48 hours
• Have high altitude exposure (>2,750m) for ≥ 2 nights within 30 days before trip
• Provide rest day during trekking
Clinical Presentation
• Poor sleep• Difficulty initiating sleep (after
eastward flights)• Fractionated sleep• Early awakening (after westward
flights)
• Poor performance (physical, mental)
• Negative feeling• GI disturbance
• Fatigue• Factors that impact severity of jet lag
• Age• Direction of travel• Number of time zones crossed• Individuals
Treatment • Light
• Diet• smaller meals before
and during the flight• Caffeine: help daytime
sleepiness• Avoid alcohol
• Hypnotic medication• Temazepam, Zolpidem,
Zopiclone: reduce sleep loss (not help resynchronized circadian rhythms, caution use during flight time
• Melatonin• Melatonin : Direct effect
on internal clock and alter circadian rhythm• Dose 2-5 mg is generally
recommended• Ramelteon: melatonin
receptor agonist• Take before nocturnal
sleep in the new time zone
Cruise ship Travel
• Crowded, semi-enclosed environments on board
• Person-to-person, food-borne, vector-borne (port visit)
• Medical limitation• Vary on ship size, itinerary, length of cruise• ambulatory care
What kind of illnesses can be found during cruise ship travel?
• 3-11%: urgent/emergency
• 95%: treated and managed onboard
• 5%: require evacuation and shoreside consultation
• respiratory illness (19-29%)
• Seasickness (10-25%)
• Injuries (slips, falls) (12-18%)• Gastrointestinal (9-10%)
• Vector-borne• Death (cardiovascular-0.6 to 9.8
deaths per million passenger-nights)
GI illness
• Salmonella
• ETEC
• E.coli
• Shigella
• Clostridium perfringens
• Cyclospora cayetanensis
• Norovirus
Cave related illness
Absence of sunlightConstancy of temperatureCave fauna: bats, rodents,birds, reptiles, arthropods
Disease from cave
• Histoplasma capsulatum
• Marburg Hemorrhagic fever
• Rabies• Leptospirosis
• Tick borne relapsing fever• Envenomatous animal