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Volume 17, Number 1—January 2011
Letter

Vibrio cholerae O1 in 2 Coastal Villages, Papua New Guinea

Alexander RosewellComments to Author , Rosheila Dagina, Manoj V. Murhekar, Berry Ropa, Enoch Posanai, Samir R. Dutta, Amy V. Jennison, Helen V. Smith, Glen Mola, Anthony Zwi, and C. Raina MacIntyre
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: World Health Organization, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (A. Rosewell, M. Murhekar); National Department of Health, Port Moresby (R. Dagina, B. Ropa, E. Posanai); Port Moresby General Hospital, Port Moresby (S.R. Dutta); Reference Microbiology and Molecular Epidemiology Laboratories, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia (A. Jennison, H. Smith); University of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby (G. Mola); University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (A. Rosewell, A. Zwi, C.R. MacIntyre)

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Table

Univariate and multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with suspected cholera in Lambutina village, Papua New Guinea, 2009*

Risk factor Univariate analysis
 Multivariate analysis
No. cases
(%), n = 43 No. controls (%), n = 43 OR
(95% CI) p value aOR
(95% CI) p value
Attended a funeral 32 (74) 24 (56) 2.3 (0.8–6.4) 0.07 1.8 (0.7–4.9) 0.25
Had death in the family 8 (19) 1 (2) 9.6 (1.1–214.6) 0.02 2.6 (0.2–43.9) 0.51
Consumed food during funeral 38 (88) 34 (79) 2.0 (0.5–7.8) 0.24 NA NA
Washed the body/clothes of deceased 7 (16) 1 (2) 8.2 (0.9–185.1) 0.03 1.6 (0.1–28.1) 0.74
Had close contact with diarrhea patient 25 (58) 8 (19) 6.1 (2.1–18.3) 0.001 4.8 (1.7–13.4) 0.003
Drank tap water 43 (100) 43 (100) 1.0 (NA) NA NA NA
Boiled water for consumption 1 (2) 0 1.0 (NA) NA NA NA
Washed utensils in the ocean 39 (91) 39 (91) 1.0 (0.2–5.2) 0.64 NA NA

*OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; aOR, adjusted OR; NA, not applicable.

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