Epidemic cholera in Mali: high mortality and multiple routes of transmission in a famine area
Epidemic cholera in Mali: high mortality and multiple routes of transmission in a famine area
During the 1984 cholera epidemic in Mali, 1793 cases and 406 deaths were reported, a death-to-case ratio of 23%. In four affected villages, the mean clinical attack rate was 1.5 and 29% of affected persons died. In 66% of cases the illness began more than 48 h after the village …