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Oral cholera vaccines and their impact on the global burden of disease

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2019
With one-third of nations at risk of cholera, we can expect to experience massive, rapidly disseminated, and prolonged cholera outbreaks such as those recently experienced in Yemen and Haiti.
Thomas F. Wierzba
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The influence of immunomodulators on the formation of vaccine-induced cholera immunity

open access: yesЖурнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии, 2022
Introduction. Due to the remaining tense situation on cholera in the world, research continues on the creation of new preventive drugs, as well as ways to increase the immunogenicity of existing anti-cholera vaccines.
A. V. Filippenko   +3 more
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Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study

open access: yesThe Lancet Global Health, 2016
Background: Oral cholera vaccines represent a new effective tool to fight cholera and are licensed as two-dose regimens with 2–4 weeks between doses.
Dr. Andrew S Azman, PhD   +24 more
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Stemming cholera tides in Zimbabwe through mass vaccination

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: In 2018, Zimbabwe declared another major cholera outbreak a decade after recording one of the worst cholera outbreaks in Africa. Methods: A mathematical model for cholera was used to estimate the magnitude of the cholera outbreak and ...
Zindoga Mukandavire   +5 more
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Potential for Controlling Cholera Using a Ring Vaccination Strategy: Re-analysis of Data from a Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2016
Vaccinating a buffer of individuals around a case (ring vaccination) has the potential to target those who are at highest risk of infection, reducing the number of doses needed to control a disease. We explored the potential vaccine effectiveness (VE) of
Mohammad Ali   +11 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]

open access: yes, 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 ...
Grais, R   +17 more
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A non-inferiority trial comparing two killed, whole cell, oral cholera vaccines (Cholvax vs. Shanchol) in Dhaka, Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Bangladesh remains cholera endemic with biannual seasonal peaks causing epidemics. At least 300,000 severe cases and over 4,500 deaths occur each year. The available oral cholera vaccines have not yet been adopted for cholera control in Bangladesh due to
Ahmed, Faez   +42 more
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Controlling cholera in the Ouest Department of Haiti using oral vaccines.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Following the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti, a plan was initiated to provide massive improvements to the sanitation and drinking water infrastructure in order to eliminate cholera from the island of Hispaniola by 2023.
Alexander Kirpich   +4 more
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Field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test for the diagnosis of cholera in a high-risk population. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
BACKGROUND: Early detection of cholera outbreaks is crucial for the implementation of the most appropriate control strategies. METHODS: The performance of an immunochromatographic dipstick test (Institute Pasteur, Paris, France) specific for Vibrio ...
Park, T.   +63 more
core   +2 more sources

Association between post-diagnostic use of cholera vaccine and risk of death in prostate cancer patients

open access: yesNature Communications, 2018
Post-diagnostic use of cholera vaccine can improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer suggesting cholera toxin might have an antineoplastic effect.
Jianguang Ji   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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