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Table 2 Association between water exposure and development of cholera during an outbreak in Kaiso Village, Hoima District, Western Uganda, October – November 2015

From: Cholera outbreak caused by drinking lake water contaminated with human faeces in Kaiso Village, Hoima District, Western Uganda, October 2015

Exposure

% exposed

OR M-H (95% CI)

Cases(n = 61)

Controls(n = 126)

Usual water collection site

 C (Songa-Lendu)

69

33

6.7 (2.5–17)

 B (Songa-Bakobya)

21

37

1.8 (0.64–5.3)

 A (Lake-Rescue A)

10

30

Ref.

Boiling water before drinking

 No

100

97

∞ (1.0 – ∞)a

 Yes

0

7

Ref.

  1. a Fisher’s exact CI