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Table 2 Association of illness with reported water source during cholera outbreak, Hoima District, Uganda: February–May, 2018

From: A prolonged cholera outbreak caused by drinking contaminated stream water, Kyangwali refugee settlement, Hoima District, Western Uganda: 2018

Water Drunk

Percent of

OR

95% CI

Cases, n = 73

Controls, n = 107

No spring, tank, or streama

1.4

15

Reference.

–

Spring only

0

0.93

0

–

Tank only

33

31

11.6

1.4–94

Stream only

11

8.4

14.2

1.5–133

Spring and tank only

0

10

0

–

Spring and stream only

0

0.93

0

–

Tank and stream only

53

34

17.3

2.2–137

Stream and tank and spring

1.4

0

Infinity.

–

  1. aWater source was likely collected rainwater. OR Odds ratio; 95% CI Confidence interval (The probability that a population parameter will fall between the two set values for 95% of the times); − not applicable