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Sociocultural determinants of anticipated oral cholera vaccine acceptance in three African settings : a meta-analytic approach [PDF]

, 2016
Controlling cholera remains a significant challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. In areas where access to safe water and sanitation are limited, oral cholera vaccine (OCV) can save lives. Establishment of a global stockpile for OCV reflects increasing priority
Merten, Sonja, Schaetti, Christian, Sundaram, Neisha, Claire-Lise Chaignat, Mitchell G. Weiss, Hutubessy, Raymond, Weiss, Mitchell G., Sonja Merten, Christian Schindler, Chaignat, Claire-Lise, Said M. Ali, Erick O. Nyambedha, Neisha Sundaram, Schindler, Christian, Raymond Hutubessy, Ali, Said M., Lapika, Bruno, Christian Schaetti, Bruno Lapika, Nyambedha, Erick O.   +19 more
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Cholera [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 1995
Despite more than a century of study, cholera still presents challenges and surprises to us. Throughout most of the 20th century, cholera was caused by Vibrio cholerae of the O1 serogroup and the disease was largely confined to Asia and Africa. However, the last decade of the 20th century has witnessed two major developments in the history of this ...
J B, Kaper, J G, Morris, M M, Levine
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Gas phase characterization of the noncovalent quaternary structure of Cholera toxin and the Cholera toxin B subunit pentamer [PDF]

, 2006
Cholera toxin (CTx) is an AB5 cytotonic protein that has medical relevance in cholera and as a novel mucosal adjuvant. Here, we report an analysis of the noncovalent homopentameric complex of CTx B chain (CTx B5) using electrospray ionization triple ...
Jennings, Keith R., Scrivens, JH, Williams, Jonathan P., Scrivens, James H., Williams, JP, Roberts, LM, Marsden, Brian D., Smith, Daniel C., Marsden, BD, Smith, DC, Roberts, Lynne M., Scrivens, James, Green, BN, Green, Brian N., Roberts, L. M. (Lynne M.), Jennings, KR   +15 more
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Role of integrons, plasmids and SXT elements in multidrug resistance of Vibrio cholerae and Providencia vermicola obtained from a clinical isolate of diarrhea

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015
The isolates of Vibrio cholerae and Providencia vermicola obtained from a diarrhoeal patient were investigated for genetic elements governing their drug resistance phenotypes. Out of fourteen antibiotics tested, V.
Neha eRajpara, Braj Mohan Ram Narayan Singh Kutar, Ritam eSinha, Dhrubajyoti eNag, Hemanta eKoley, Thandavarayan eRamamurthy, Ashima eKushwaha Bhardwaj   +6 more
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Improving community coverage of oral cholera mass vaccination campaigns: lessons learned in Zanzibar [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Recent research in two cholera-endemic communities of Zanzibar has shown that a majority (?94%) of the adult population was willing to receive free oral cholera vaccines (OCVs). Since OCV uptake in the 2009 campaign reached only ?50% in these
Claire-Lise Chaignat, Weiss Mitchell G., Schaetti, C., Weiss, M. G., Khatib, A. M., Ahmed M. Khatib (130136), Said M. Ali, Mitchell G Weiss, Hutubessy Raymond, Schaetti Christian, Ahmed M Khatib, Claire-Lise Chaignat (127845), Raymond Hutubessy (130149), Ali, S. M., Khatib Ahmed M., Mitchell G. Weiss, Mitchell G. Weiss (130129), Ahmed M. Khatib, Chaignat Claire-Lise, Ali Said M., Hutubessy, R., Christian Schaetti (130127), Chaignat, C. L., Raymond Hutubessy, Christian Schaetti, Said M Ali, Said M. Ali (130132)   +26 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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Social and cultural features of vaccine acceptance and cost-effectiveness of an oral cholera mass vaccination campaign in Zanzibar [PDF]

, 2012
Classical cholera control is based on prevention—safe water, sanitation and education of people on the importance of hygiene and diarrheal diseases—health system preparedness and a timely response to provide appropriate treatment in the event of an ...
Schätti Zundel, Christian
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Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome and resistome of diarrheal fecal samples from Kolkata, India, reveals the core and variable microbiota including signatures of microbial dark matter

Gut Pathogens, 2020
Background Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome and resistome is instrumental for understanding the dynamics of diarrheal pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance transmission (AMR).
Rituparna De, Asish Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Shanta Dutta   +2 more
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Cholera outbreak in southern Tanzania: risk factors and patterns of transmission. [PDF]

, 2001
To identify risk factors and describe the pattern of spread of the 1997 cholera epidemic in a rural area (Ifakara) in southern Tanzania, we conducted a prospective hospital-based, matched case- control study, with analysis based on the first 180 cases ...
Jordi Vila, Pedro L. Alonso, Casals, C, Urassa, H, Alonso, P L, Marcel Tanner, Fred Lwilla, Manuel Corachán, Camilo J. Acosta, Hassan Mshinda, Claudia M. Galindo, Galindo, C M, Acosta, C J, Honorathy Urassa, Kesheni Senkoro, Kimario, J, John Kimario, Acosta, CJ, N. Eseko, Vila, J, Mshinda, H, Eseko, N, Tanner, M, Alonso, PL, Climent Casals, Senkoro, K, Corachán, M, Lwilla, F, Galindo, CM   +28 more
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HIV/AIDS related deaths from three district hospitals of West Bengal: An observation

Journal of Acute Disease, 2014
Data on HIV/AIDS incidence or deaths are limited in poor-resource country like India and non-existent in state of West Bengal. These data are essential for formulating policies for HIV intervention strategies to curb HIV epidemic.
MK Bhattacharya, MK Saha, PS Chakraborty, A Sinha, A Bhattacharya, KK Dutta   +5 more
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