Fig. 3

Onset dates of cholera case-patients in relation to rainfall during a cholera outbreak in Kaiso Village, Hoima District, Western Uganda, October – November 2015. The epidemic curve shows that after the onset of disease on 2 October and 10 October, respectively, in the two initial deceased cases, there was heavy rainfall on 7–11 October. An ensuring point-source outbreak occurred on 12–15 October, followed by continuous community transmission for two weeks. The outbreak ended on 3 November 2015