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ArticleGhana medical journal2020

Protracted cholera outbreak in the Central Region, Ghana, 2016.

Gyesi R Issahaku, Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Samuel Kwashie, Francis Broni, Paul Boateng, Holy Alomatu, Ekua E Houphouet, Afua A Asante, Donne K Ameme, Ernest Kenu

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Article in Ghana medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gyesi R IssahakuGhana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Franklin Asiedu-BekoeDisease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
Samuel KwashieDisease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
Francis BroniGhana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Paul BoatengGhana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Holy AlomatuGhana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Ekua E HouphouetFaculty of Public Health, Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana.
Afua A AsanteDisease Surveillance Department, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
Donne K AmemeGhana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Ernest KenuGhana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Ghana School of Public Health, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
University of Ghana · GHGhana Health Service · GHGhana College of Physicians and Surgeons · GHTamale Teaching Hospital · GH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveOn 24th October 2016, the Central Regional Health Directorate received report of a suspected cholera outbreak in the Cape Coast Metropolis (CCM). We investigated to confirm the diagnosis, identify risk factors and implement control measures.

designWe used a descriptive study followed by 1:2 unmatched case-control study. DATA SOURCE: We reviewed medical records, conducted active case search and contact tracing, interviewed case-patients and their contacts and conducted environmental assessment. Case-patients' stool samples were tested with point of care test kits (SD Bioline Cholera Ag 01/0139) and sent to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Laboratory for confirmation. MAIN OUTCOMES: Cause of outbreak, risk factors associated with spread of outbreak.

results

conclusion

fundingThis work was supported by Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (GFELTP), University of Ghana.

Indexed as

Disease OutbreaksAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAge DistributionCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolCholeraFemaleGhanaHumansHygieneInfantMaleCape Coast MetropolisCholera outbreakCholera treatment centerVibrio cholerae serotype OgawaWater sanitation and hygiene

Identifiers

PMID33536668
PMCPMC7837350
OpenAlexW3088677428

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