Outbreak of Cyanide Poisoning Caused by Consumption of Cassava Flour - Kasese District, Uganda, September 2017

Published on April 4, 2019

In September 2017, an outbreak of suspected cyanide poisoning related to consumption of cassava flour, involving 98 cases with two deaths, occurred in western Uganda.

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