TY - JOUR AU - Bompangue, Didier AU - Giraudoux, Patrick AU - Handschumacher, Pascal AU - Piarroux, Renaud AU - Sudre, Bertrand AU - Ekwanzala, Mosiana AU - Kebela, Ilunga AU - Piarroux, Martine T1 - Lakes as Source of Cholera Outbreaks, Democratic Republic of Congo T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 5 SP - 798 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We studied the epidemiology of cholera in Katanga and Eastern Kasai, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, by compiling a database including all cases recorded from 2000 through 2005. Results show that lakes were the sources of outbreaks and demonstrate the inadequacy of the strategy used to combat cholera. KW - Cholera KW - Vibrio cholerae KW - outbreaks KW - environment KW - Democratic Republic of the Congo KW - public health KW - dispatch KW - Congo KW - Democratic Republic of Congo DO - 10.3201/eid1405.071260 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/5/07-1260_article ER - End of Reference