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Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unveiling neglected drivers and pathways to elimination. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical DiseasesCholera is a virulent infectious disease caused by the Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacteria Vibrio cholerae, after ingesting contaminated food and/or water. If left untreated, it can kill within 5 days.
Beenzu Siamalube +4 more
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Cholera Vaccine Workshop [PDF]
Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994 R. Bradley Sack, M. John Albert
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Systemic, Mucosal, and Memory Immune Responses following Cholera
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021 Vibrio cholerae O1, the major causative agent of cholera, remains a significant public health threat. Although there are available vaccines for cholera, the protection provided by killed whole-cell cholera vaccines in young children is poor.
Edward T. Ryan +11 more
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Vibrio cholerae, classification, pathogenesis, immune response, and trends in vaccine development
Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a highly contagious diarrheal disease affecting millions worldwide each year. Cholera is a major public health problem, primarily in countries with poor sanitary conditions and regions affected by ...
David A. Montero +12 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Cholera still affects millions of people worldwide, especially in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) has identified surveillance and oral cholera vaccines as two critical interventions ...
Hanna Trolle +6 more
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Cholera pulse vaccination: A possible elimination strategy for cholera in endemic countries
Indian Journal of Public Health, 2021 Cholera is a diarrheal disease causing major health issue in developing countries where it is endemic and causes outbreaks. India ranks first with an estimated 675,188 number of cases and 20,256 number of deaths annually with one-third of its population ...
Neelam Taneja +3 more
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Controlling endemic cholera with oral vaccines. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2007 Although advances in rehydration therapy have made cholera a treatable disease with low case-fatality in settings with appropriate medical care, cholera continues to impose considerable mortality in the world's most impoverished populations ...
Ira M Longini +5 more
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Vaccination against cholera in Juba [PDF]
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2017 In an interesting Personal View, Lucy Parker and colleagues1 reported the difficulties regarding implementation of a reactive oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign during the 2015 cholera epidemic in Juba, South Sudan.1 They support the choice to address the global shortage of vaccines by providing just one dose to twice the number of people. However,
Rebaudet, Stanislas +2 more
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Cholera vaccine clinical trials: A cross-sectional analysis of clinical trials registries
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2023 Cholera has been one of the world’s biggest public health challenges for centuries. The presence of this disease brings into focus the social determinants of health in different parts of the world.
Lindi Mathebula +5 more
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Oral vaccines for preventing cholera [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010 This review is superseded by the published Cochrane Review, Saif‐Ur‐Rahman 2024 [https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD014573], which considers only the oral killed vaccines because the live oral vaccines do not have World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification. Saif‐Ur‐Rahman 2024 also considered only currently available WHO pre‐qualified oral killed
Sinclair, David +4 more
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