Using geospatial analysis to determine the impact of bucket chlorination practices on Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) transmission during an urban outbreak in Am Timan, Chad, 2016-2017

Principal investigator

Location

Chad
Topics

Environmental contamination, Hepatitis E, Other, Water & sanitation
Methodology

Other
Reference

OCA017-65
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Purpose of study

To identify clusters of suspected HEV cases in space and time and relate them to their most likely source of drinking water and the levels of free residual chlorine (FRC) at those water sources during the acute outbreak of HEV in Am Timan.

Study status

Concept
Protocol & ERB
Implementation
Completion
Archived

Study timeline

Documents

HEV_geospatial_analysis_paper.pdf 500 KB
2017_CP_HEV_geospatial_analysis_for_bucket_chlorination_Nov_2017_FINAL.docx 41.9 KB

Publications

Does community-wide water chlorination reduce hepatitis E virus infections during an outbreak? a geospatial analysis of data from an outbreak in Am Timan, Chad (2016–2017)

Lenglet, Annick "–" IWA Publishing "(2020)"

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