Epidemiology, diagnostics and factors associated with mortality during a cholera epidemic in Nigeria, October 2020-October 2021: a retrospective analysis of national surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Nigeria reported an upsurge in cholera cases in October 2020, which then transitioned into a large, disseminated epidemic for most of 2021. This study aimed to describe the epidemiology, diagnostic performance of rapid diagnostic test (RDT) kits and the factors associated with mortality during the epidemic.

Design

A retrospective analysis of national surveillance data.

Setting

33 of 37 states (including the Federal Capital Territory) in Nigeria.

Participants

Persons who met cholera case definition (a person of any age with acute watery diarrhoea, with or without vomiting) between October 2020 and October 2021 within the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control surveillance data.

Outcome measures

Attack rate (AR; per 100 000 persons), case fatality r

SUBMITTER: Elimian K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9486350 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature