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Controlling cholera in the Ouest Department of Haiti using oral vaccines. [PDF]

PLoS 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, Thomas A Weppelmann, Yang Yang, John Glenn Morris, Ira M Longini   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The value of and challenges for cholera vaccines in Africa. [PDF]

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2013
The 21st century saw a shift in the cholera burden from Asia to Africa. The risk factors for cholera outbreaks in Africa are incompletely understood, and the traditional emphasis on providing safe drinking water and improving sanitation and hygiene has ...
L. von Seidlein, Mohammad S. Jiddawi, R. Grais, F. Luquero, Marcelino Lucas, J. Deen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Present and future cholera vaccines [PDF]

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2006
In Expert Review of Vaccines 5(4), 483–494 (2006), Edward T Ryan and colleagues give an overview of live-attenuated cholera vaccines [1].
Per-Arne Parment, Lisa Olsson
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Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unveiling neglected drivers and pathways to elimination. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Cholera 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, Emmanuel Ehinmitan, Steven Runo, Maina Ngotho, Justus Onguso   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Cholera vaccines for the developing world

Human Vaccines, 2008
Cholera remains as a global public health threat affecting most of the developing world. In endemic areas, young children are most affected. Outbreaks are reported increasingly from more countries. Improvements in water and sanitation may be the mainstays of cholera prevention but in the short term, vaccines provide an alternative in cholera control ...
Luis Jodar, John D. Clemens, Jacqueline L. Deen, Anna Lena Lopez   +3 more
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Protection against cholera from killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Lancet Infect Dis, 2017
Bi Q, Ferreras E, Pezzoli L, Legros D, Ivers LC, Date K, Qadri F, Digilio L, Sack DA, Ali M, Lessler J, Luquero FJ, Azman AS, Oral Cholera Vaccine Working Group of The Global Task Force on Cholera Control.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Genomics of immune response to typhoid and cholera vaccines. [PDF]

Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, 2015
Majumder PP.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Cholera Vaccine Workshop [PDF]

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1994
R. Bradley Sack, M. John Albert
openaire   +3 more sources

Maximizing protection from use of oral cholera vaccines in developing country settings: an immunological review of oral cholera vaccines. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2014
Desai SN, Cravioto A, Sur D, Kanungo S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Plant-based edible vaccines: Can cholera be the case study in Africa? [PDF]

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Vaccines are employed as a sanitary approach that is implemented to lessen the hurdles caused by infectious diseases on the safety of public health. A vaccine is biologically made from inactive components of microbes, to enhance immunity and as a defense
Beenzu Siamalube, Emmanuel Ehinmitan, Lupupa Kachenga, Steven Runo, Maina Ngotho, Justus Onguso   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source