An outbreak of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) among the Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh: Findings from enhanced epidemiological surveillance.

In the summer of 2017, an estimated 745,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in what has been described as one of the largest and fastest growing refugee crises in the world. Among numerous health concerns, an outbreak of acute jaundice syndrome (AJS) was detected by the disease surveillance system in ea...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Md Khadimul Anam Mazhar, Flavio Finger, Egmond Samir Evers, Anna Kuehne, Melissa Ivey, Francis Yesurajan, Tahmina Shirin, Nurul Ajim, Ahammadul Kabir, Jennie Musto, Kate White, Amrish Baidjoe, Olivier le Polain de Waroux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250505&type=printable