Sachet water consumption as a risk factor for cholera in urban settings: Findings from a case control study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 2017-2018 outbreak.

• Main Authors: Placide Mbala-Kingebeni (Author), Florian Vogt (Author), Berthe Miwanda (Author), Tresor Sundika (Author), Nancy Mbula (Author), Isaac Pankwa (Author), Leopold Lubula (Author), Veerle Vanlerberghe (Author), Alain Magazani (Author), Mildred Tita Afoumbom (Author), Jean-Jacques M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Behavioural risk factors for cholera are well established in rural and semi-urban contexts, but not in densely populated mega-cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. In November 2017, a cholera epidemic occurred in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where no outbrea...