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A prolonged cholera outbreak caused by drinking contaminated stream water, Kyangwali refugee settlement, Hoima District, Western Uganda: 2018

Abstract Background On 23 February 2018, the Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH) declared a cholera outbreak affecting more than 60 persons in Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, Hoima District, bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). We investigated to determine the outbreak scope and risk factors...

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Main Authors:	Fred Monje (Author), Alex Riolexus Ario (Author), Angella Musewa (Author), Kenneth Bainomugisha (Author), Bernadette Basuta Mirembe (Author), Dativa Maria Aliddeki (Author), Daniel Eurien (Author), Godfrey Nsereko (Author), Carol Nanziri (Author), Esther Kisaakye (Author), Vivian Ntono (Author), Benon Kwesiga (Author), Daniel Kadobera (Author), Lilian Bulage (Author), Godfrey Bwire (Author), Patrick Tusiime (Author), Julie Harris (Author), Bao-Ping Zhu (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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