Epidemiology of cholera outbreaks and socio-economic characteristics of the communities in the fishing villages of Uganda: 2011-2015.

• Main Authors: Godfrey Bwire (Author), Aline Munier (Author), Issaka Ouedraogo (Author), Leonard Heyerdahl (Author), Henry Komakech (Author), Atek Kagirita (Author), Richard Wood (Author), Raymond Mhlanga (Author), Berthe Njanpop-Lafourcade (Author), Mugagga Malimbo (Author), Issa Makumbi (Author), Jennifer Wandawa (Author), Bradford D Gessner (Author), Christopher Garimoi Orach (Author), Martin A Mengel (Author)
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• Udgivet: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:The communities in fishing villages in the Great Lakes Region of Africa and particularly in Uganda experience recurrent cholera outbreaks that lead to considerable mortality and morbidity. We evaluated cholera epidemiology and population characteristics in the fishing villages of Uganda t...