Parsa Bastani, Anna Jammeh, Frederica Lamar, Jason H Malenfant, Peter Adewuyi, Alyson M Cavanaugh, Kimberly Calloway, Carolyn Crisp, Nuha Fofana, T Christy Hallett, Amadou Jallow, Uzoamaka Muoneke, Momodou Nyassi, Jerry Thomas, Alyssa Troeschel, Ellen Yard, Michael Yeh, Mustapha Bittaye
On July 26, 2022, a pediatric nephrologist alerted The Gambia's Ministry of Health (MoH) to a cluster of cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) among young children at the country's sole teaching hospital, and on August 23, 2022, MoH requested assistance from CDC. CDC epidemiologists arrived in The Gambia, a West African country, on September 16 to assist MoH in characterizing the illness, describing the epidemiology, and identifying potential causal factors and their sources. Investigators reviewed medical records and interviewed caregivers to characterize patients' symptoms and identify exposures...
March 3, 2023: MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report