A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January - June 2015

• Main Authors: Steven Ndugwa Kabwama (Author), Lilian Bulage (Author), Fred Nsubuga (Author), Gerald Pande (Author), David Were Oguttu (Author), Richardson Mafigiri (Author), Christine Kihembo (Author), Benon Kwesiga (Author), Ben Masiira (Author), Allen Eva Okullo (Author), Henry Kajumbula (Author), Joseph Matovu (Author), Issa Makumbi (Author), Milton Wetaka (Author), Sam Kasozi (Author), Simon Kyazze (Author), Melissa Dahlke (Author), Peter Hughes (Author), Juliet Nsimire Sendagala (Author), Monica Musenero (Author), Immaculate Nabukenya (Author), Vincent R. Hill (Author), Eric Mintz (Author), Janell Routh (Author), Gerardo Gómez (Author), Amelia Bicknese (Author), Bao-Ping Zhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background On 6 February 2015, Kampala city authorities alerted the Ugandan Ministry of Health of a "strange disease" that killed one person and sickened dozens. We conducted an epidemiologic investigation to identify the nature of the disease, mode of transmission, and risk facto...