A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-v...
A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015
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Kabwama, Steven Ndugwa , Bulage, Lilian , Nsubuga, Fred , Pande, Gerald , Oguttu, David Were , Mafigiri, Richardson , Kihembo, Christine , Kwesiga, Benon , Masiira, Ben , Okullo, Allen Eva , Kajumbula, Henry , Matovu, Joseph , Makumbi, Issa , Wetaka, Milton , Kasozi, Sam , Kyazze, Simon , Dahlke, Melissa , Hughes, Peter , Sendagala, Juliet Nsimire , Musenero, Monica , Nabukenya, Immaculate , Hill, Vincent R. , Mintz, Eric , Routh, Janell , Gómez, Gerardo , Bicknese, Amelia and Zhu, Bao-Ping
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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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 factors to inform timely and effective control measures.
We defined a suspected ca...
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A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015
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Bulage, Lilian
Nsubuga, Fred
Pande, Gerald
Oguttu, David Were
Mafigiri, Richardson
Kihembo, Christine
Kwesiga, Benon
Masiira, Ben
Okullo, Allen Eva
Kajumbula, Henry
Matovu, Joseph
Makumbi, Issa
Wetaka, Milton
Kasozi, Sam
Kyazze, Simon
Dahlke, Melissa
Hughes, Peter
Sendagala, Juliet Nsimire
Musenero, Monica
Nabukenya, Immaculate
Hill, Vincent R.
Mintz, Eric
Routh, Janell
Gómez, Gerardo
Bicknese, Amelia
Zhu, Bao-Ping
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_c7a8e082ff984c0289b87f8ef3a855e0
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_c7a8e082ff984c0289b87f8ef3a855e0
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1471-2458
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1471-2458
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10.1186/s12889-016-4002-0
