Observation Collection 21458

Initial Data Entry Complete

Location: AFR::UGA.Uganda

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Administrative Details

Source

Uganda National Institute of Public Health

Source URL

https://uniph.go.ug/cholera-outbreak-associated-with-drinking-contaminated-lake-shore-water-namayingo-district-uganda-july-august-2023/

Created

2024-08-17 10:08 PM

Updated

2024-08-17 10:26 PM

Source Documents

Cholera-outbreak-associated-with-drinking-contaminated-lake-shore-water-Namayingo-District-Uganda-July–August-2023.pdf 2024-08-17 10:10 PM

Notes

Patient X/0 who is credited with starting the outbreak became ill with cholera in a neighboring country (Sudan) but spread the disease to others in Uganda through water contamination.

Epidemiologic Details

Suspected Case Def

Any person presenting with or dying from acute watery diarrhoea.

Confirmed Case Def

A suspected case with Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139 confirmed by culture or PCR.

Primary Time Criteria

CLINIC

Strains

O1-Unk, O139

Observation Properties

Case and death counts could include double-counting of overlapping observations
# of Observations

4

Earliest Observation

2023-07-01

Latest Observation

2023-08-15

Observation Frequency

Other (45)

Suspected Cases

48

Confirmed Cases

8

Observation Fields

Standard

Location
TL
TR
Primary
Phantom
deaths
sCh
cCh

Custom

sex
Sex of cases, 0 = male, 1 = female

Observations

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