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Table 2 Risk factors of Cholera outbreak in Gomani, November 2014

From: A cholera outbreak in a rural north central Nigerian community: an unmatched case-control study

Risk Factors

Cases (43)

n (%)

Controls (68)

n (%)

OR

95% CI

Drinking water source

 River Zamani

35 (81.4)

16 (23.5)

14.2

5.5–36.8

 River Gurara

8 (18.6)

52 (76.5)

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-

Hand washing with soap/ash before eating

6 (14.0)

26 (38.2)

0.3

0.1–0.7

> 5 persons per household

40 (93.0)

51 (75.0)

5.9

1.3–27.2

Drinking water storage container without cover

2 (4.7)

1 (1.5)

3.2

0.3–36.1

No formal education

22 (51.2)

42 (61.8)

0.6

0.3–1.4

Lack of rack for drying plates

11 (25.6)

15 (22.1)

1.2

0.5–2.9