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Vibrio fluvialis: An Emerging Pathogen

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2014
Vibrio fluvialis is a pathogen commonly found in costal environs. Considering recent increase in numbers of diarrheal outbreaks and sporadic extraintestinal cases, V. fluvialis has been considered as an emerging pathogen.
Thandavarayan eRamamurthy, Goutam eChowdhury, Gururaja P Pazhani, Sumio eShinoda   +3 more
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Evaluation and use of surveillance system data toward the identification of high-risk areas for potential cholera vaccination: a case study from Niger. [PDF]

, 2012
In 2008, Africa accounted for 94% of the cholera cases reported worldwide. Although the World Health Organization currently recommends the oral cholera vaccine in endemic areas for high-risk populations, its use in Sub-Saharan Africa has been limited ...
Ali Djibo, Augusto E Llosa, Bachir Mayana, D Sinclair, D Sur, DA Sack, Global Task Force on Cholera Control, Guidelines Working Group, IM Longini, J Guerra, JD Clemens, JL Deen, Jose Guerra, M Ali, M Enserink, M Jeuland, Mahamane L Manzo, Meeting of the Strategic advisory Group of Experts on immunization, R development Core Team, Rebecca F Grais, RI Glass, République du Niger, World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   +22 more
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Elevation and cholera: an epidemiological spatial analysis of the cholera epidemic in Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008-2009 [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: In highly populated African urban areas where access to clean water is a challenge, water source contamination is one of the most cited risk factors in a cholera epidemic.
A Bauernfeind, A Huq, A Talavera, Andrew Boulle, CDC, D Olago, D Ruiz-Moreno, DC Griffith, DJ Ncayiyana, DM Hartley, E Chevallier, EK Lipp, J Mendelsohn, J Zarocostas, J Zarocostas, Jean F Fesselet, JLL Fleiss, JW Hardin, M Ali, M Bradley, M Emch, M Pascual, MA Luque Fernandez, MA Luque Fernandez, Michael Schomaker, Miguel A Luque Fernandez, ML Tamplin, P Bingham, Peter Maes, Peter R Mason, R Truscott, R Truscott, RR Colwell, S Rabe-Hesketh, S Richardson, TA Severini, W Farr, WD Dupont, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Yves Baudot   +42 more
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Cholera

Microbiology Spectrum, 2016
ABSTRACT Cholera is an acute disease of the gastrointestinal tract caused by Vibrio cholerae . Cholera was localized in Asia until 1817, when a first pandemic spread from India to several other regions of the world.
LIPPI, DONATELLA, EDUARDO GOTUZZO, SAVERIO CAINI   +2 more
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Mother-to-child HIV transmission and its correlates in India: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background In India, preventing mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains one of the foremost challenge in community health. Countrywide MTCT of HIV is estimated to be > 10,000 annually.
Mihir Bhatta, Nalok Dutta, Srijita Nandi, Shanta Dutta, Malay Kumar Saha   +4 more
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Current Perspectives on Viable but Non-Culturable (VBNC) Pathogenic Bacteria

Frontiers in Public Health, 2014
Under stress conditions, many species of bacteria enter into starvation mode of metabolism or a physiologically viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state.
Thandavarayan eRamamurthy, Amit eGhosh, Gururaja Perumal Pazhani, Sumio eShinoda   +3 more
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Cholera revolts: a class struggle we may not like [PDF]

, 2017
Few have studied cholera revolts comparatively, and certainly not over the vast terrain from Asiatic Russia to Quebec or across time from the first European cholera wave of the 1830s to the twentieth century.
Cohn Jr, Samuel Kline
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Updated Global Burden of Cholera in Endemic Countries

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015
Background The global burden of cholera is largely unknown because the majority of cases are not reported. The low reporting can be attributed to limited capacity of epidemiological surveillance and laboratories, as well as social, political, and ...
Mohammad Ali, Allyson R. Nelson, A. Lopez, D. Sack   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Predictive Modeling of Cholera Outbreaks in Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2015
Despite seasonal cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh, little is known about the relationship between environmental conditions and cholera cases. We seek to develop a predictive model for cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh based on environmental predictors.
Halloran, M. Elizabeth, Koepke, Amanda A., Longini Jr., Ira M., Minin, Vladimir N., Wakefield, Jon   +4 more
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Prevention and control of cholera with household and community water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions: A scoping review of current international guidelines

PLoS ONE, 2020
Introduction Cholera remains a frequent cause of outbreaks globally, particularly in areas with inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services.
Lauren D’Mello-Guyett, K. Gallandat, R. Van den Bergh, Dawn Taylor, Gregory Bulit, D. Legros, Peter Maes, F. Checchi, O. Cumming   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source