A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January - June 2015.
Steven Ndugwa KabwamaLilian BulageFred NsubugaGerald PandeDavid Were OguttuRichardson MafigiriChristine KihemboBenon KwesigaBen MasiiraAllen Eva OkulloHenry KajumbulaJoseph K B MatovuIssa MakumbiMilton WetakaSam KasoziSimon KyazzeMelissa DahlkePeter HughesJuliet Nsimire SendagalaMonica MuseneroImmaculate NabukenyaVincent R HillEric MintzJanell RouthGerardo GómezAmelia BickneseBao-Ping ZhuPublished in: BMC public health (2017)
Contaminated water and street-vended beverages were likely vehicles of this outbreak. At our recommendation authorities closed unsafe water sources and supplied safe water to affected areas.