Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo

Didier Bompangue*†, Patrick Giraudoux†, Pascal Handschumacher‡, Renaud Piarroux†

, Bertrand Sudre†, Mosiana Ekwanzala§, Ilunga Kebela*, and Martine Piarroux†

Author affiliations: *Health Ministry, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; †Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France; ‡Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Strasbourg, France; §Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo;

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Katanga and Eastern Kasai, showing distribution of cholera attack rate from 2002 through 2005 and average attack rate of cholera per 10,000 inhabitants per health district.

Figure 1. Katanga and Eastern Kasai, showing distribution of cholera attack rate from 2002 through 2005 and average attack rate of cholera per 10,000 inhabitants per health district.

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