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Volume 23, Supplement—December 2017
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Global Health Security Supplement
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Cholera Mortality during Urban Epidemic, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 16, 2015–January 16, 20161

Lindsey S. McCrickard2Comments to Author , Amani Elibariki Massay2, Rupa Narra, Janneth Mghamba, Ahmed Abade Mohamed, Rogath Saika Kishimba, Loveness John Urio, Neema Rusibayamila, Grace Magembe, Muhammud Bakari, James J. Gibson, Rachel Barwick Eidex, and Robert E. Quick
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.S. McCrickard, R. Narra, R.E. Quick); United Republic of Tanzania Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly, and Children, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (A.E. Massay, J. Mghamba, R.S. Kishimba, N. Rusibayamila, M. Bakari); Tanzania Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Dar es Salaam (A.E. Massay, A.A. Mohamed, R.S. Kishimba, L.J. Urio, J.J. Gibson); Regional Secretariat, Dar es Salaam (G. Magembe); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dar es Salaam (J.J. Gibson, R.B. Eidex)

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Suspected and confirmed cholera cases (A) and deaths (B) from cholera mortality evaluation and burial permit assessment, by week, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 16, 2015–January 16, 2016. CTC deaths are deaths in patients >2 years of age with suspected or confirmed cholera who died following admission to a hospital or CTC. Community deaths were deaths in persons >2 years of age highly suspected of having cholera or having culture-confirmed cholera who died in the community or en route to

Figure 2. Suspected and confirmed cholera cases (A) and deaths (B) from cholera mortality evaluation and burial permit assessment, by week, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, August 16, 2015–January 16, 2016. CTC deaths are deaths in patients >2 years of age with suspected or confirmed cholera who died following admission to a hospital or CTC. Community deaths were deaths in persons >2 years of age highly suspected of having cholera or having culture-confirmed cholera who died in the community or en route to a CTC. The date of death could not be determined for 6 decedents who were therefore excluded from the epidemic curves. CTC, cholera treatment center.

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1Preliminary results from this study were presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting; November 13–17, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

2These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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