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Cholera awareness and importance of rehydration was high but availability of oral rehydration salts was low. A total of 55 case-patients were matched to 110 controls. The odds of death were higher among males (adjusted odd ratio [AOR] = 5.00, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.54\u201314.30) and persons with larger household sizes (AOR = 1.21, 95% CI = 1.00\u20131.46). Receiving home-based rehydration (AOR = 0.21, 95% CI = 0.06\u20130.71) and visiting cholera treatment centers (CTCs) (AOR = 0.07, 95% CI = 0.02\u20130.23) were protective. Receiving cholera information was associated with home-based rehydration and visiting CTCs. When we compared cases and controls who did not go to CTCs, males were still at increased odds of death (AOR = 5.00, 95% CI = 1.56\u201316.10) and receiving home-based rehydration (AOR = 0.14, 95% CI = 0.04\u20130.53) and being married (AOR = 0.26, 95% CI = 0.08\u20130.83) were protective. Inability to receive home-based rehydration or visit CTCs was associated with mortality. Community education must reinforce the importance of prompt rehydration and CTC referral.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.11-0696","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,12]],"date-time":"2013-02-12T03:25:59Z","timestamp":1360639559000},"page":"645-650","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Community Mortality from Cholera: Urban and Rural Districts in Zimbabwe"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"88","author":[{"given":"Diane","family":"Morof","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susan T.","family":"Cookson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susan","family":"Laver","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel","family":"Chirundu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sarika","family":"Desai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Penninah","family":"Mathenge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Donald","family":"Shambare","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lincoln","family":"Charimari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stanley","family":"Midzi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Curtis","family":"Blanton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Handzel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"R1","series-title":"Wkly Epidemiol Rec","first-page":"449","article-title":"Outbreak news. 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