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Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis

Zheng Q, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Wamala JF, Abubakar A,  et al.
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
2022-09-01 • International Journal of Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND
Cholera remains a public health threat but is inequitably distributed across sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of standardized reporting and inconsistent outbreak definitions limit...
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Cholera epidemic in Yemen, 2016-18: an analysis of surveillance data

Camacho A, Bouhenia M, Alyusfi R, Alkohlani A, Naji MAM,  et al.
2018-05-03 • Lancet Global Health
2018-05-03 • Lancet Global Health
In war-torn Yemen, reports of confirmed cholera started in late September, 2016. The disease continues to plague Yemen today in what has become the largest documented cholera epidemic of...
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High Prevalence of Shigella or Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli Carriage among Residents of an Internally Displaced Persons Camp in South Sudan

Bliss JR, Bouhenia M, Hale P, Couturier BA, Iyer AS,  et al.
2017-12-04 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2017-12-04 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Displaced persons living in camps are at an increased risk of diarrheal diseases. Subclinical carriage of pathogens may contribute to the spread of disease, especially for microbes that ...
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Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study

Azman AS, Parker LA, Rumunu J, Tadesse F, Grandesso F,  et al.
2016-11-01 • Lancet Global Health
2016-11-01 • Lancet Global Health
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. Evidence from previous studies su...
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Mapping the burden of cholera in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for control: an analysis of data across geographical scales

Lessler J, Moore SM, Luquero FJ, McKay H, Grais RF,  et al.
2018-05-01 • Lancet
2018-05-01 • Lancet
Cholera remains a persistent health problem in sub-Saharan Africa and worldwide. Cholera can be controlled through appropriate water and sanitation, or by oral cholera vaccination, which...
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Commentary

Model of care, Noma Children’s Hospital, northwest Nigeria

Isah S, Amirtharajah M, Farley ES, Adetunji AS, Samuel J,  et al.
2021-06-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2021-06-03 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
The Nigerian Ministry of Health has been offering care for noma patients for many years at the Noma Children's Hospital (NCH) in Sokoto, northwest Nigeria, and Médecins Sans Frontières h...
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Language and beliefs in relation to noma: a qualitative study, northwest Nigeria

Farley ES, Lenglet AD, Abubakar A, Bil K, Fotso A,  et al.
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2020-01-23 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BACKGROUND
Noma is an orofacial gangrene that rapidly disintegrates the tissues of the face. Little is known about noma, as most patients live in underserved and inaccessible regions...
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Commentary

The first use of the global oral cholera vaccine emergency stockpile: Lessons from South Sudan

Abubakar A, Azman AS, Rumunu J, Ciglenecki I, Helderman T,  et al.
2015-11-17 • PLOS Medicine
2015-11-17 • PLOS Medicine
SUMMARY POINTS

• A global oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stockpile was established in 2013 to improve rapid access to the vaccine in outbreaks and emergencies in which cholera risk...
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Cholera epidemic in South Sudan and Uganda and need for international collaboration in cholera control

Abubakar A, Bwire GS, Azman AS, Bouhenia M, Deng LO,  et al.
2018-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2018-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Combining the official cholera line list data and outbreak investigation reports from the ministries of health in Uganda and South Sudan with molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae strain...
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Genomic Insights into the 2016-2017 Cholera Epidemic in Yemen

Weill FX, Domman D, Njamkepo E, Almesbahi AA, Naji MAM,  et al.
2019-01-02 • Nature
2019-01-02 • Nature
Yemen is currently experiencing, to our knowledge, the largest cholera epidemic in recent history. The first cases were declared in September 2016, and over 1.1 million cases and 2,300 d...
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Population-level effect of cholera vaccine on displaced populations, South Sudan, 2014

Azman AS, Rumunu J, Abubakar A, West H, Ciglenecki I,  et al.
2016-06-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2016-06-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Following mass population displacements in South Sudan, preventive cholera vaccination campaigns were conducted in displaced persons camps before a 2014 cholera outbreak. We compare chol...