Factores de riesgo en la transmisión del Cólera en Salahonda (Nariño)

Abstract

In the Department of Nariño on the Pacific colombian coast, a case-control study was performed in Salahonda village. The main purpose of this study was to fin out the risk factors concerning the transmission of cholera. People living in stilt huts and deficient aqueduct water supply constituted the highest risk: OR:23 and OR:19, respectivly. Drinking unboiled milk or eating inadequately washed vegetables and unapproprieted human disposal of human excreta also increased the risk of developing the disease. Improvement of sanitary education, the supply of purified water and the adequate disposal of human excreta would constitute the best strategies for the control of this illness in theses underverloped communities.