The cholera risk assessment in Kano State, Nigeria: A historical review, mapping of hotspots and evaluation of contextual factors

Moise Chi Ngwa; Chikwe Ihekweazu; Tochi Okwor; Sebastian Yennan; Nanpring Williams; Kelly Elimian; Nura Yahaya Karaye; Imam Wada Bello; David A. Sack

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0009046

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The cholera risk assessment in Kano State, Nigeria: A historical review, mapping of hotspots and evaluation of contextual factors

Moise Chi Ngwa ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: ngwaadangfor@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1359-6267

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Chikwe Ihekweazu,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria
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Tochi Okwor,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2391-7770

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Sebastian Yennan,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria
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Nanpring Williams,

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, Nigeria
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Kelly Elimian,

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Benin, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2729-1613

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Nura Yahaya Karaye,

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Disease Control, Kano State Ministry of Health, Kano, Nigeria
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Imam Wada Bello,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Disease Control, Ministry of Health Kano, Kano, Nigeria

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0792-2748

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David A. Sack

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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The cholera risk assessment in Kano State, Nigeria: A historical review, mapping of hotspots and evaluation of contextual factors

Moise Chi Ngwa,
Chikwe Ihekweazu,
Tochi Okwor,
Sebastian Yennan,
Nanpring Williams,
Kelly Elimian,
Nura Yahaya Karaye,
Imam Wada Bello,
David A. Sack

Published: January 19, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009046

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