| [cholera++ epidemic in kenya]. | a cholera epidemic in 1997 followed on the heels of the 1992 epidemic that claimed thousands of victims in kenya. this time, it emerged in the migori district near the tanzanian border, when a woman who had married in tanzania brought her five-month-old baby to visit her parents. the infant, who contracted serious diarrhea and vomiting, died before the mother could reach a dispensary. during the funeral, a perfect opportunity for the disease to spread, those attending observed the traditional ri ... | 1999 | 10362941 |
| rapid spread of vibrio cholerae o1 throughout kenya, 2005. | between january and june 2005, 5 distinct cholera outbreaks occurred in kenya. overall, 990 cases and 25 deaths (2.5%) were reported. four outbreaks occurred in towns along major highways, and 1 occurred in a refugee camp near the sudanese border, accessible to nairobi by daily flights. matched case-control studies from 2 outbreaks showed that failure to treat drinking water and storing drinking water in wide-mouthed containers were significantly associated with disease. isolates from all 5 outb ... | 2008 | 18337355 |
| notes from the field: ongoing cholera outbreak - kenya, 2014-2016. | on january 6, 2015, a man aged 40 years was admitted to kenyatta national hospital in nairobi, kenya, with acute watery diarrhea. the patient was found to be infected with toxigenic vibrio cholerae serogroup o1, serotype inaba. a subsequent review of surveillance reports identified four patients in nairobi county during the preceding month who met either of the kenya ministry of health suspected cholera case definitions: 1) severe dehydration or death from acute watery diarrhea (more than four e ... | 2016 | 26820494 |