Cholera Deaths During Outbreaks in Uvira, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10-35 Months After Mass Vaccination.
Patrick Musole BugemeHanmeng XuChloe HutchinsJuan Dent HulseJaime Mufitini SaidiBaron Bashige RumedekaMoïse ItongwaJoël Faraja Zigashane MashauriFaraja Masembe LulelaJustin BengehyaJean-Claude KulondwaAmanda K DebesIza CigleneckiEsperance TshiwediFaida KitogaTavia Bodisa-MatamuTaty NadègeHugo Kavunga-MemboOctavie LunguyaPlacide Okitayemba WeloJackie KneeDaniel MukadiAndrew S AzmanEspoir Bwenge MalembakaPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
Our understanding of the burden and drivers of cholera mortality is hampered by limited surveillance and confirmation capacity. Leveraging enhanced clinical and laboratory surveillance in the cholera-endemic community of Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, we describe cholera deaths across 3 epidemics between September 2021 and September 2023 following mass vaccination.