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. 2015 Oct;21(10):1849-52.
doi: 10.3201/eid2110.142051.

Risk Factors for Sustained Cholera Transmission, Juba County, South Sudan, 2014

Thomas T A Ujjiga, Joseph F Wamala, Juma J H Mogga, Thabo O Othwonh, David Mutonga, Asta Kone-Coulibaly, Masood Ali Shaikh, Allan M Mpairwe, Abubaker Abdinasir, Mohamed A Abdi, Zabulon Yoti, Olu Olushayo, Pinyi Nyimol, Riek Lul, Richard L Lako, John Rumunu

Risk Factors for Sustained Cholera Transmission, Juba County, South Sudan, 2014

Thomas T A Ujjiga et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

We conducted a case-control study to identify risk factors for the 2014 cholera outbreak in Juba County, South Sudan. Illness was associated with traveling or eating away from home; treating drinking water and receiving oral cholera vaccination were protective. Oral cholera vaccination should be used to complement cholera prevention efforts.

Keywords: South Sudan; Vibrio cholerae; cholera; diarrheal disease; enteric infections; environmental factors; epidemic; matched case-control study; risk factors; sub-Saharan Africa; transmission; vaccine; water sanitation; zoonoses.

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Timeline showing number of cholera cases (total cases = 2,260), deaths from cholera (total deaths = 43; case fatality rate 2.0%), and dates of study for cholera outbreak in Juba County, South Sudan, epidemiologic weeks 17–43 (April 23–October 20), 2014.
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