Cholera
"Epidemic Cholera in Burundi: Patterns of Transmission in the Great Rift Valley Lake region."
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 19th, 1997
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Lancet, "Background: After a 14-year hiatus, epidemic cholera swept through Burundi between January and May 1992. The pattern of transmission was similar to that in 1978, when the seventh pandemic first reached this region. Communities affected were limited to those near Lake Tanganyika and the Rusizi River. The river connects Lake Tanganyika with Lake Kivu to the north in Zaire and Rwanda. Methods: To identify sources of infection and risk factors for illness, an epidemiological study was carried out in Rumonge, a lake-shore town where 318 people were admitted to hospital with cholera between April 9 and...
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