Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016-18: an analysis of surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In war-torn Yemen, reports of confirmed cholera started in late September, 2016. The disease continues to plague Yemen today in what has become the largest documented cholera epidemic of modern times. We aimed to describe the key epidemiological features of this epidemic, including the drivers of cholera transmission during the outbreak.

Methods

The Yemen Health Authorities set up a national cholera surveillance system to collect information on suspected cholera cases presenting at health facilities. Individual variables included symptom onset date, age, severity of dehydration, and rapid diagnostic test result. Suspected cholera cases were confirmed by culture, and a subset of samples had additional phenotypic and genotypic analysis. We first conducted descriptiv

SUBMITTER: Camacho A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5952990 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature