Observation Collection 10016
Initial Data Entry Complete
Location: AFR::SLE.Sierra Leone
Administrative Details
Source
Cholera Epidemic Associated with Consumption of Unsafe Drinking Water and Street-Vended Water- Eastern Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2012
Created
2019-01-25 4:11 PM
Updated
2024-02-09 5:39 AM
Source Documents
Notes
Number of weekly cases began to accelerate on July 15 (Week 28). Cases peaked between August 12 and 26 (Weeks 32-34). This phase of the outbreak coincided with the start of the rainy season in late June. They also did a matched case-control study where case definition was : Cases were defined as the first person >= 5 years of age with acute watery diarrhea and severe dehydration in a household, who was hospitalized for at least 1 night and treated with intravenous fluids between September 10 and 21, 2012.
Epidemiologic Details
Suspected Case Def
A patient aged 5 years or more develops acute watery diarrhoea, with or without vomiting, was hospitalized for at least 1 night and treated with intravenous fluids between September 10 and 21, 2012.
Primary Time Criteria
ONSET
Strains
O1-ElTor-Unk
Observation Properties
# of Observations
14
Earliest Observation
2012-01-01
Latest Observation
2012-12-09
Observation Frequency
Other (282)
Deaths
269
Suspected Cases
22815