A protracted cholera outbreak in Nairobi City County accentuated by mass gathering events, Kenya, 2017.

ABSTRACT: Cholera continues to cause many outbreaks in low and middle-income countries due to inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene services. We describe a protracted cholera outbreak in Nairobi City County, Kenya in 2017. We reviewed the cholera outbreak line lists from Nairobi City County in 2017 to determine its extent and factors associated with death. A suspected case of cholera was any person aged >2 years old who had acute watery diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting, whereas a confirmed case was where Vibrio cholerae was isolated from the stool specimen. We summarized cases using means for continuous variables and proportions for categorical variables. Associations between admission status, sex, age, residence, time to care seeking, and outbreak settings; and cholera associated deaths were asses

SUBMITTER: Ngere P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361576 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature