June 1, 2018 Thesis Open Access

Mideksa Kebede

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  "description": "<p>Background: Cholera is a diarrheal disease caused by infection of the intestine with the gramnegative<br>\nbacteria vibrio cholera, either type o1 or o139. A single case of Cholera initiates outbreak<br>\ninvestigation in Ethiopia. Kolfe keraniyo sub-city Public Health Emergency Management reported<br>\ntwo Cholera cases on 20 September 2017. Two of the sample investigated by culture and stool RDT<br>\nkit confirmed that positive for vibrio cholera o1. The index case was 55 years old woman from<br>\nworeda one kolfe keraniyo sub-city. We aimed to identify the risk factor for the occurrence of the<br>\ncholera outbreak and institute appropriate measures<br>\nMethod: we conducted cholera outbreak investigation in woreda1, 2,3,5,9 and 13 of kolfe keraniyo<br>\nsub city, Addis Ababa town from September 20, 2017-January7, 2017. We defined suspected cases of<br>\ncholera as occurrence of acute watery diarrhea, with or without vomiting, in a patient aged &ge;5 years<br>\nliving in study area. Unmatched case control study design was used and we included all of the<br>\nidentified cases (19) during the course of the outbreak and recruited 38 controls with 2:1 control to<br>\ncase ratio. We searched new cases in health facilities. We assessed houses of cases and holly waters.<br>\nStructured questionnaire was used to collect data for case control study and using line list</p>", 
  "license": "http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by", 
  "creator": [
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      "@type": "Person", 
      "name": "Mideksa Kebede"
    }
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  "headline": "Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology", 
  "image": "https://zenodo.org/static/img/logos/zenodo-gradient-round.svg", 
  "datePublished": "2018-06-01", 
  "url": "https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/record/2365", 
  "@context": "https://schema.org/", 
  "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:2365", 
  "@id": "https://doi.org/10.20372/nadre:2365", 
  "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", 
  "name": "Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology"
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