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Correction to: A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015

BMC Public Health volume 17, Article number: 823 (2017) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 05 January 2017

After publication of the article [1], it has been brought to our attention that the author Joseph Matovu is missing his initials from his full professional title ‘Joseph KB Matovu’.

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  1. Kabwama S, Bulage L, Nsubuga F, Pande G, Oguttu D, Mafigiri R, et al. A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015. BMC Public Health. 2017;17:1. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-4002-0.

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  1. Uganda Public Health Fellowship Program, Field Epidemiology Track, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

    Steven Ndugwa Kabwama, Lilian Bulage, Fred Nsubuga, Gerald Pande, David Were Oguttu, Richardson Mafigiri, Christine Kihembo, Benon Kwesiga, Ben Masiira & Allen Eva Okullo

  2. Makerere University College of Health Science Microbiology Laboratory, Kampala, Uganda

    Henry Kajumbula

  3. Makerere University School of Public Health, Kampala, Uganda

    Joseph KB Matovu

  4. Public Health Emergency Operations Center, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

    Issa Makumbi, Milton Wetaka, Sam Kasozi, Simon Kyazze & Melissa Dahlke

  5. Medical Research Council, Kampala, Uganda

    Peter Hughes & Juliet Nsimire Sendagala

  6. Epidemiology and Surveillance Division, Ministry of Health, Kampala, Uganda

    Monica Musenero & Immaculate Nabukenya

  7. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Vincent R. Hill, Eric Mintz, Janell Routh, Gerardo Gómez, Amelia Bicknese & Bao-Ping Zhu

  8. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Kampala, Uganda

    Bao-Ping Zhu

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Kabwama, S.N., Bulage, L., Nsubuga, F. et al. Correction to: A large and persistent outbreak of typhoid fever caused by consuming contaminated water and street-vended beverages: Kampala, Uganda, January – June 2015. BMC Public Health 17, 823 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4801-y

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