Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017.

Birungi DoreenPatricia EyuDenis OkethwanguClaire BiribawaSusan KizitoMiriam NakanwagiJoyce NgunaInnocent H NkonwaDenis N OpioFreda L AcengPhoebe H AlitubeeraDaniel KadoberaBenon KwesigaLilian BulageAlex R ArioBao-Ping Zhu

Published in: Journal of environmental and public health (2020)

This outbreak was caused by drinking a locally distilled alcohol adulterated with methanol from wholesaler X. We recommended enforcing existing laws governing alcohol manufacture and sale. We recommended timely intravenous administration of ethanol to methanol poisoning victims.

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