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.

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.

<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...

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Main Authors: Placide Mbala-Kingebeni, Florian Vogt, Berthe Miwanda, Tresor Sundika, Nancy Mbula, Isaac Pankwa, Leopold Lubula, Veerle Vanlerberghe, Alain Magazani, Mildred Tita Afoumbom, Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0009477&type=printable
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