Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left" colspan="2">Alcoholic beverage last consumed during 8–20 June 2017</td><td class="align_center">% cases (<i>n</i> = 15)</td><td class="align_center">% control (<i>n</i> = 60)</td><td class="align_center">OR<sub>M-H</sub> (95% CI)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2">“Waragi”<sup>†</sup> from a bar supplied by wholesaler <i>X</i></td><td class="align_center">87</td><td class="align_center">25</td><td class="align_center">15 (2.3–106)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2">Alcohol packed in sachets</td><td class="align_center">73</td><td class="align_center">53</td><td class="align_center">2.3 (0.64–7.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2">Beer</td><td class="align_center">60</td><td class="align_center">73</td><td class="align_center">0.45 (0.13–1.7)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div><sup>†</sup>A locally distilled alcohol.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Association between most recent exposure to alcohol and methanol poisoning among 15 case-patients and 60 control subjects during an outbreak in Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017.</div>

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Table 2: Fatal Methanol Poisoning Caused by Drinking Adulterated Locally Distilled Alcohol: Wakiso District, Uganda, June 2017 