• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • 1 Published Research and Commentary
    • Other Diseases
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • 1 Published Research and Commentary
    • Other Diseases
    • View Item
    Jan 23, 2021
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

    All of MSFTitleAuthorsSubjectsPublisherJournalThis CollectionTitleAuthorsSubjectsPublisherJournal

    Epidemiology of Cholera Outbreak in Kampala, Uganda.

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    legros.pdf
    Size:
    390.4Kb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Authors
    Legros, D
    McCormick, M
    Mugero, C
    Skinnider, M
    Bek'Obita, D D
    Okware, S I
    Affiliation
    Epicentre, P.O. Box 2362, Kampala, Uganda.
    Issue Date
    2000-07
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Journal
    East African Medical Journal
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVE: To provide epidemiological description of the cholera outbreak which occurred in Kampala between December 1997 and March 1998. DESIGN: A four-month cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Kampala city, Uganda. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Number of cases reported per day, attack rate per age group and per parish, case fatality ratio. RESULTS: The cholera outbreak was due to Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, serotype Ogawa. Between December 1997 and March 1998, 6228 cases of cholera were reported, of which 1091 (17.5%) were children under five years of age. The overall attack rate was 0.62%, similar in the under-fives and five and above age groups. The case fatality ratio among hospitalised patients was 2.5%. The peak of the outbreak was observed three weeks after the report of the first case, and by the end of January 1998 (less than two months after the first case), 88.4% of the cases had already been reported. The occurrence of cases concentrated in the slums where the overcrowding and the environmental conditions resembled a refugee camp situation. CONCLUSION: The explosive development of the cholera outbreak in Kampala, followed by a rapid decrease of the number of cases reported is unusual in a large urban setting. It appeared that each of the affected slums developed a distinct outbreak in a non immune population, which did not spread to contiguous areas. Therefore, we believe that, a decentralised strategy, that would focus the interventions on each heavily affected area, should be considered in these circumstances.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/23164
    PubMed ID
    12862150
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    0012-835X
    Collections
    Other Diseases

    entitlement

    Related articles

    • Epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of Vibrio cholerae associated with the 2017 outbreak in Kasese district, Uganda.
    • Authors: Iramiot JS, Rwego IB, Kansiime C, Asiimwe BB
    • Issue date: 2019 Oct 29
    • A prolonged, community-wide cholera outbreak associated with drinking water contaminated by sewage in Kasese District, western Uganda.
    • Authors: Kwesiga B, Pande G, Ario AR, Tumwesigye NM, Matovu JKB, Zhu BP
    • Issue date: 2017 Jul 18
    • Large cholera outbreak in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana.
    • Authors: Noora CL, Issah K, Kenu E, Bachan EG, Nuoh RD, Nyarko KM, Appiah P, Letsa T
    • Issue date: 2017 Aug 10
    • Epidemiological description of a protracted cholera outbreak in Tonj East and Tonj North counties, former Warrap State, South Sudan, May-Oct 2017.
    • Authors: Nsubuga F, Garang SC, Tut M, Oguttu D, Lubajo R, Lodiongo D, Lasuba M, Mpairwe A
    • Issue date: 2019 Jan 3
    • Waterborne transmission of epidemic cholera in Trujillo, Peru: lessons for a continent at risk.
    • Authors: Swerdlow DL, Mintz ED, Rodriguez M, Tejada E, Ocampo C, Espejo L, Greene KD, Saldana W, Seminario L, Tauxe RV
    • Issue date: 1992 Jul 4
    DSpace software (copyright © 2002 - 2021)  DuraSpace
    Quick Guide | Contact Us
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.