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Cholera outbreak caused by drinking lake water contaminated with human faeces in Kaiso Village, Hoima District, Western Uganda, October 2015
BACKGROUND: On 12 October 2015, a cholera outbreak involving 65 cases and two deaths was reported in a fishing village in Hoima District, Western Uganda. Despite initial response by the local health department, the outbreak persisted. We conducted an investigation to identify the source and mode of...
Autores principales: | Oguttu, David W., Okullo, A., Bwire, G., Nsubuga, P., Ario, A.R. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5634859/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28992811 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40249-017-0359-2 |
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