Epidemiology, diagnostics and factors associated with mortality during a cholera epidemic in Nigeria, October 2020-October 2021: a retrospective analysis of national surveillance data.
Kelly ElimianSebastian YennanAnwar MusahIliya Danladi CheshiCarina KingLauryn DunkwuAhmed Ladan MohammedEme EkengOluwatosin Wuraola AkandeStephanie AyresBenjamin GandiEmmanuel PembiFatima SalehAhmed Nasir OmarEmily CrawfordOlubunmi Omowumi OlophaRobinson NnajiBasheer MuhammadRejoice Luka-LawalAdachioma Chinonso IhuezeDavid OlatunjiChidimma OjukwuAfolabi Muftau AkinpeluEne AdagaYusuf AbubakarIfeoma NwadiutoSamuel NgisheAgnes Bosede AlowooyePeace Chinma NwogwugwuKhadeejah KamaldeenHenry Nweke AbahEgbuna Hyacinth ChukwuebukaHakeem Abiola YusuffIbrahim MamaduAbbas Aliyu MohammedSarah PeterOkpachi Christopher AbbahPopoola Michael OladotunSantino OifohMicheal OlugbileEmmanuel AgogoNnaemeka NdodoOlajumoke BabatundeNwando MbaJohn OladejoElsie IloriTobias AlfvénPuja MylesChinwe Lucia OchuChikwe IhekweazuIfedayo AdetifaPublished in: BMJ open (2022)
Cholera remains a serious public health threat in Nigeria with a high mortality rate. Thus, we recommend making RDT kits more widely accessible for improved surveillance and prompt case management across the country.