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FWBD
FWBD
FWBD
Case Classification:
Suspect: A person with diarrhea with visible blood in the stool.
Case Classification:
Laboratory test:
Stool/rectal swab: for Bacteriology culture; Clinical microscopy
(Salmonella ssp., Shigella dysenteriae , Campylobacter jejuni.
Aeromonas, Entamoeba histolytica, E. coli)
Cases to look out for:
Increasing number of bloody diarrhea from one barangay/municipality
over a short period of time.
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
CHOLERA
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
CHOLERA
Rotavirus
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
ROTAVIRUS
• According to WHO Rotavirus is the
leading cause of severe diarrheal disease
and dehydration in infants and young
children throughout the world.
• Rotavirus is common, accounting for
35–60% of acute severe diarrhoea in
children < 5 years of age in countries
without rotavirus vaccine, with the
highest attributable percentage in
infants. Photo source: WHO website, Regional of Africa
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
ROTAVIRUS
TYPHOID FEVER
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
TYPHOID FEVER
Note: Serological tests for typhoid fever (e.g. Widal test and Typhidot) may
be used only for presumptive diagnosis. It should not be used as a
confirmatory diagnostic tool for typhoid. Hence, cases diagnosed using
such method will remain classified as suspect cases.
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
Food and Water-borne
Diseases
Vaccine Preventable Diseases