Associations of water quality with cholera in case-control studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Published on 21/10/2025
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Nguyen Thuy Tien 1,2, Kim Chaelin 3, Goucher Gerard 3, Kim Jong-Hoon 3
1 https://ror.org/05591te55 Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology - IBE LMU Munich Munich Germany
2 Pettenkofer School of Public Health Munich Germany
3 https://ror.org/02yfanq70 International Vaccine Institute Seoul South Korea
Abstract
Cholera is a significant health risk for low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), and the threat of outbreaks is likely to increase due to climate change. To keep up to date with the link between water quality and cholera, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to update a previous review while only focusing on water-related exposures. We searched Embase, Web of Science and PubMed for literature published between 2016 and 2022. Search terms were consistent with the...






