Cholera Outbreak in Southern Tanzania: Risk Factors and Patterns of Transmission

Cholera Outbreak in Southern Tanzania: Risk Factors and Patterns of Transmission

To identify risk factors and describe the pattern of spread of the 1997 cholera epidemic in a rural area (Ifakara) in southern Tanzania, we conducted a prospective hospital-based, matched case-control study, with analysis based on the first 180 cases and 360 matched controls. Bathing in the river, l...

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Main Authors: Camilo J. Acosta, Claudia M. Galindo, John Kimario, Kesheni Senkoro, Honorathy Urassa, Climent Casals, Manuel Corachán, N. Eseko, Marcel Tanner, Hassan Mshinda, Fred Lwilla, Jordi Vila, Pedro L. Alonso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2001-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cholera
Vibrio O1
Ogawa
El Tor
outbreak
selection bias
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/7/01-7741_article

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