TY - JOUR KW - Alphavirus Infections KW - Cardiovascular Diseases KW - Chikungunya virus KW - Chronic Disease KW - Communicable Diseases KW - Dengue KW - Developing countries KW - HIV Infections KW - Humans KW - Incidence KW - leprosy KW - Mauritius KW - Metabolic Diseases KW - Neoplasms KW - Parasitic Diseases KW - Public health KW - Tuberculosis KW - Typhoid Fever AU - D'Aoust L AU - Munbodh P AU - Sookram C AU - Paratian U AU - Gaüzère B A AU - Aubry P AB -
Mauritius is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Improved socio-sanitation conditions over the past years have dramatically decreased the incidence of tropical diseases to levels comparable with those observed in developed countries. Some tropical illnesses including malaria, schistosomiasis, cysticercosis and lymphatic filariasis have been eradicated. Others such as amibiasis, typhoid fever and leprosy have become rare. However, because of the island's geographical proximity to countries with uncontrolled and suboptimal socio-sanitation conditions and its humid subtropical climate, there is a continued risk for certain vector transmitted tropical diseases such as Chikungunya and dengue. In addition, the incidence of HIV infection and AIDS has been rising rapidly since 2004 and tuberculosis remains a public health problem. Better living conditions have also been accompanied by an increase in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases that, along with cancer, are now the main causes of morbidity and mortality.
BT - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20734589?dopt=Abstract DA - 2010 Jun DO - 10.2340/16501977-0625 IS - 3 J2 - Med Trop (Mars) LA - fre N2 -Mauritius is an island nation off the coast of Africa in the southwestern Indian Ocean. Improved socio-sanitation conditions over the past years have dramatically decreased the incidence of tropical diseases to levels comparable with those observed in developed countries. Some tropical illnesses including malaria, schistosomiasis, cysticercosis and lymphatic filariasis have been eradicated. Others such as amibiasis, typhoid fever and leprosy have become rare. However, because of the island's geographical proximity to countries with uncontrolled and suboptimal socio-sanitation conditions and its humid subtropical climate, there is a continued risk for certain vector transmitted tropical diseases such as Chikungunya and dengue. In addition, the incidence of HIV infection and AIDS has been rising rapidly since 2004 and tuberculosis remains a public health problem. Better living conditions have also been accompanied by an increase in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases that, along with cancer, are now the main causes of morbidity and mortality.
PY - 2010 SP - 229 EP - 38 T2 - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial TI - [Status report on public health in Mauritius in 2009]. VL - 70 SN - 0025-682X ER -