Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa | Zendy

Eduardo Samo Gudo | Zendy; Kyla Cook | Zendy; Amelia Kasper | Zendy; Alfredo Vergara | Zendy; Cristolde Salomão | Zendy; Fernanda Oliveira | Zendy; Hamida Ismael | Zendy; Cristovão Saeze | Zendy; Carla das Dores Mosse | Zendy; Quinhas Fernandes | Zendy; Sofía Viegas | Zendy; Cynthia Semá Baltazar | Zendy; Timothy J. Doyle | Zendy; Ellen Yard | Zendy; Alaina Steck | Zendy; Mayda Serret | Zendy; Travis M. Falconer | Zendy; Sara E. Kern | Zendy; Jennifer L. Brzezinski | Zendy; James A. Turner | Zendy; Brian Boyd | Zendy; Ilesh Jani | Zendy

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Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa

Author(s) -

Eduardo Samo Gudo,

Kyla Cook,

Amelia Kasper,

Alfredo Vergara,

Cristolde Salomão,

Fernanda Oliveira,

Hamida Ismael,

Cristovão Saeze,

Carla das Dores Mosse,

Quinhas Fernandes,

Sofía Viegas,

Cynthia Semá Baltazar,

Timothy J. Doyle,

Ellen Yard,

Alaina Steck,

Mayda Serret,

Travis M. Falconer,

Sara E. Kern,

Jennifer L. Brzezinski,

James A. Turner,

Brian Boyd,

Ilesh Jani

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix1005

Subject(s) - medicine , outbreak , diarrhea , food poisoning , vomiting , abdominal pain , malaise , environmental health , pediatrics , surgery , pathology

On 9 January 2015, in a rural town in Mozambique, >230 persons became sick and 75 died of an illness linked to drinking pombe, a traditional alcoholic beverage.

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