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Prolonging herd immunity to cholera via vaccination: Accounting for human mobility and waning vaccine effects.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018
BackgroundOral cholera vaccination is an approach to preventing outbreaks in at-risk settings and controlling cholera in endemic settings. However, vaccine-derived herd immunity may be short-lived due to interactions between human mobility and imperfect ...
Corey M Peak, Amanda L Reilly, Andrew S Azman, Caroline O Buckee   +3 more
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Plant-based edible vaccines: Can cholera be the case study in Africa?

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
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Modern History of Cholera Vaccines and the Pivotal Role of icddr,b. [PDF]

J Infect Dis, 2021
Holmgren J.
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Uptake likelihood assessment of oral cholera vaccine capsules: insights from stakeholder consultations in five countries

BMC Public Health
Background The global resurgence of cholera, a diarrhoeal disease, has resulted in vaccine demand that exceeds the currently available supply resulting in global calls for next generation cholera vaccines.
Dijana Spasenoska, Anna-Lea Kahn, Malika Bouhenia, Naveena Aloysia D’Cor, Jung-Seok Lee, Se Eun Park, Julia Lynch   +6 more
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The interplay between WASH practices and vaccination with oral cholera vaccines in protecting against cholera in urban Bangladesh: Reanalysis of a cluster-randomized trial. [PDF]

Vaccine, 2023
Chowdhury F, Aziz AB, Ahmmed F, Ahmed T, Kang SS, Im J, Park J, Tadesse BT, Islam MT, Kim DR, Hoque M, Pak G, Khanam F, McMillan NAJ, Liu X, Zaman K, Khan AI, Kim JH, Marks F, Qadri F, Clemens JD.   +20 more
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Type II NKT Cell Agonist, Sulfatide, Is an Effective Adjuvant for Oral Heat-Killed Cholera Vaccines. [PDF]

Vaccines (Basel), 2021
Albutti A, Longet S, McEntee CP, Quinn S, Liddicoat A, Rîmniceanu C, Lycke N, Lynch L, Cardell S, Lavelle EC.   +9 more
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Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa: Unveiling neglected drivers and pathways to elimination.

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
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Seroconversion and Kinetics of Vibriocidal Antibodies during the First 90 Days of Re-Vaccination with Oral Cholera Vaccine in an Endemic Population

Vaccines
Despite the successful introduction of oral cholera vaccines, Zambia continues to experience multiple, sporadic, and protracted cholera outbreaks in various parts of the country. While vaccines have been useful in staying the cholera outbreaks, the ideal
Caroline Cleopatra Chisenga, Bernard Phiri, Harriet Ng’ombe, Mutinta Muchimba, Kalo Musukuma-Chifulo, Suwilanji Silwamba, Natasha Makabilo Laban, Chaluma Luchen, Fraser Liswaniso, Kennedy Chibesa, Cynthia Mubanga, Kapambwe Mwape, Michelo Simuyandi, Adam F. Cunningham, David Sack, Samuel Bosomprah   +15 more
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Cholera rages in Africa and the Middle East: A narrative review on challenges and solutions

Health Science Reports
Background and Aim Cholera is a life‐threatening infectious disease that is still one of the most common acute watery diarrheal diseases in the world today.
Abdulrahman K. Ahmed, Victor Coll Sijercic, Mahad S. Akhtar, Ahmed Elbayomy, Mohamed A. Marouf, Mahlet S. Zeleke, Reem Sayad, Abdelrahman Abdelshafi, Nicholas J. Laird, Mohamed A. El‐Mokhtar, Gregory R. Ruthig, Helal F. Hetta   +11 more
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Epidemiological analysis of a cholera outbreak in pastoral communities in the Somali region of Ethiopia

BMC Public Health
Background Cholera is an acute diarrhea disease caused by infection of the intestine with the toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 or O139. It is a waterborne disease of global health importance with an estimated 3 to 5 million cases and over
Mussie Abdosh Hassen, Nasir Warfa
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