Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016–18: an analysis of surveillance data

Camacho, Anton; Bouhenia, Malika; Alyusfi, Reema; Alkohlani, Abdulhakeem; Abdulla Mohammed Naji, Munna; de Radiguès, Xavier; M Abubakar, Abdinasir; Almoalmi, Abdulkareem; Seguin, Caroline; José Sagrado, María; Poncin, Marc; McRae, Melissa; Musoke, Mohammed; Rakesh, Ankur; Porten, Klaudia; Haskew, Christopher; E. Atkins, Katherine; M. Eggo, Rosalind; S. Azman, Andrew; Broekhuijsen, Marije; Akif Saatcioglu, Mehmet; Pezzoli, Lorenzo; Quilici, Marie-Laure; Rahman Al-Mesbahy, Abdul; Zagaria, Nevio; J. Luquero, Francisco

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30230-4

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Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016–18: an analysis of surveillance data

Published in The Lancet Global Health • May 3, 2018

Authors:

Anton Camacho

Malika Bouhenia

Reema Alyusfi

Abstract

Background In war-torn Yemen, reports of confirmed cholera started in late September, 2016. The disease continues to plague Yemen today in what has become the largest documented cholera epidemic of modern times. We aimed to describe the key epidemiological features of this epidemic, including the dr...

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Cholera

Case fatality rate

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