Cholera Epidemic Associated with Consumption of Unsafe Drinking Water and Street-Vended Water- Eastern Freetown, Sierra Leone, 2012
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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.
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.
ONSET
O1-ElTor-Unk
14
2012-01-01
2012-12-09
Other (282)
269
22815
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Location
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TL
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TR
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deaths
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sCh_L
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sCh_R
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sCh
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| AFR::SLE.Sierra Leone | 2012-01-01 | 2012-12-09 | 269 | 22815 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Eastern::Kenema | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 501 | 1000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Eastern::Kono | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 94 | 500 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Northern::Bombali | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 1001 | 2000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::SL-N::Kambia | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 1001 | 2000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Northern::Koinadugu | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 94 | 500 | ||
| AFR::SLE::SL-N::Port-Loko.Port Loko | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 2001 | 5000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Northern::Tonkolili | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 1001 | 2000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Southern::Bo | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 501 | 1000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Southern::Bonthe | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 94 | 500 | ||
| AFR::SLE::Southern::Moyamba | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 94 | 500 | ||
| AFR::SLE::SL-S::Pujehun | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 1001 | 2000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::SL-W::WesternRural.Western Rural | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 5001 | 12000 | ||
| AFR::SLE::SL-W::WesternUrban.Freetown (Western Urban) | 2012-01-01 | 2012-10-05 | 5001 | 12000 |