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A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: the importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water

A large cholera outbreak in Kano City, Nigeria: the importance of hand washing with soap and the danger of street-vended water

The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for cholera during an outbreak in Nigeria. Cases were defined as recent onset of acute diarrhoea with dehydration in a patient hospitalised at the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Kano City. Meningitis patients admitted concurrently at the same hospital were …