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A cholera outbreak caused by drinking contaminated river water, Bulambuli District, Eastern Uganda, March 2016

BACKGROUND: A cholera outbreak started on 29 February in Bwikhonge Sub-county, Bulambuli District in Eastern Uganda. Local public health authorities implemented initial control measures. However, in late March, cases sharply increased in Bwikhonge Sub-county. We investigated the outbreak to determin...

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Autores principales:	Okello, Paul Edward, Bulage, Lilian, Riolexus, Alex Ario, Kadobera, Daniel, Kwesiga, Benon, Kajumbula, Henry, Mulongo, Muhamed, Namboozo, Eunice Jennifer, Pimundu, Godfrey, Ssewanyana, Isaac, Kiyaga, Charles, Aisu, Steven, Zhu, Bao-Ping
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2019
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6558808/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31185939 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4036-x

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