A prolonged, community-wide cholera outbreak associated with drinking water contaminated by sewage in Kasese District, western Uganda

BACKGROUND: In May 2015, a cholera outbreak that had lasted 3 months and infected over 100 people was reported in Kasese District, Uganda, where multiple cholera outbreaks had occurred previously. We conducted an investigation to identify the mode of transmission to guide control measures. METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Kwesiga, Benon, Pande, Gerald, Ario, Alex Riolexus, Tumwesigye, Nazarius Mbona, Matovu, Joseph K. B., Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4589-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4589-9

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