Cholera, the Current Status of Cholera Vaccines and Recommendations for Travellers
Cholera is endemic in approximately 50 countries, primarily in Africa and South and Southeast Asia, and in these areas, it remains a disease associated with poverty.
Giovanni Gabutti +8 more
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Mass vaccination with a new, less expensive oral cholera vaccine using public health infrastructure in India: the Odisha model. [PDF]
The substantial morbidity and mortality associated with recent cholera outbreaks in Haiti and Zimbabwe, as well as with cholera endemicity in countries throughout Asia and Africa, make a compelling case for supplementary cholera control measures in ...
Shantanu K Kar +17 more
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Cholera pulse vaccination: A possible elimination strategy for cholera in endemic countries
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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Flagellins as Vaccine Adjuvants and Cancer Immunotherapy: Recent Advances and Future Prospects
The figure depicts the role of flagellin in immune cells. Flagellin interacts with TLR5, resulting in the formation of homodimers and the recruitment of MyD88, which activates the IκB and MAPK signalling pathways. This results in the activation of NF‐κB and AP‐1, producing TNF‐α, IL‐6, IL‐8, and IL‐12.
Asma Talukder +4 more
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An Opportunity Not To Be Missed: Vaccination as an Entry Point for Hygiene Promotion and Diarrhoeal Disease Reduction in Nepal [PDF]
This report aims to ascertain whether or not vaccination programmes offer a useful entry point for hygiene promotion and to define options for piloting and scaling up of a hygiene promotion intervention in ...
Katie Greenland +2 more
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Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and vaccine applications [PDF]
Vaccines based on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) were developed more than 20 years ago against Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. These nano-sized structures exhibit remarkable potential for immunomodulation of immune responses and delivery of “self ...
Acevedo, Reinaldo +10 more
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Use of oral cholera vaccines in an outbreak in Vietnam: a case control study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Killed oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) are available but not used routinely for cholera control except in Vietnam, which produces its own vaccine.
Dang Duc Anh +9 more
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A Recombinant Live Oral Cholera Vaccine [PDF]
A pathogenic strain of Vibrio cholerae was attenuated by deletion of DNA sequences encoding the A1 subunit of the cholera enterotoxin. A restriction endonuclease fragment encoding the A1, but not the A2 or B sequences was deleted in vitro from cloned cholera toxin genes.
James B. Kaper +3 more
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The value of and challenges for cholera vaccines in Africa. [PDF]
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 ...
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Feasibility and costs of a targeted cholera vaccination campaign in Ethiopia
Shanchol™, a WHO-prequalified oral cholera vaccine (OCV), has been used to control endemic cholera in Asia, as well as in emergencies and outbreaks elsewhere.
Samuel Teshome +4 more
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