Observation Collection 10054
Initial Data Entry Complete
Location: AFR::UGA.Uganda
Administrative Details
Source
Godfrey Bwire, Muggaga Malimbo, Issa Makumbi, Atek Kagirita, Joseph Francis Wamala, Peter Kalyebi, Aloysius Bingi, Sheba Gitta, David Mukanga, Martin Mengel, Melissa Dahlke, Cholera Surveillance in Uganda: An Analysis of Notifications for the Years 2007–2011, The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Volume 208, Issue suppl_1, November 2013, Pages S78–S85, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jit203
Created
2019-01-25 4:11 PM
Updated
2024-05-03 7:49 PM
Source Documents
Notes
In 2011, 61.2% of cases were 15-45 with 61% male and 39% female In 2011 all cholera cases reported on line list (not for 2007-2010) and in 2011 only occurred in Rukungiri and Kasese districts. Deaths: 2007: 35, 2008: 54, 2009: 23, 2010: 64, 2011: 5 Cases: 2007: 1662, 2008: 2630, 2009: 1076, 2010: 2017, 2011: 230 Strain was laboratory confirmed for 130 specimens. Of those laboratory confirmed, 72% were Ogawa and 28% were Inaba
Epidemiologic Details
Suspected Case Def
Community level: "any person with plenty of watery diarrhea." Health Facility level: profuse, acute watery diarrhea among patinets age >= 5 years, or death in a person with acute watery diarrhea, in areas not previously known to have an epidemic.
Confirmed Case Def
Suspected case with Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139 confirmed by culture or PCR.
Strains
O1-ElTor-Og, O1-ElTor-In
Observation Properties
# of Observations
14
Earliest Observation
2007-01-01
Latest Observation
2011-12-31
Observation Frequency
Annual
Deaths
186
Suspected Cases
8302