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Genomic microevolution of Vibrio cholerae O1, Lake Tanganyika Basin, Africa

Hounmanou YM, Njamkepo E, Rauzier J, Gallandat K, Jeandron A,  et al.
2023-01-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2023-01-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Africa’s Lake Tanganyika basin is a cholera hotspot. During 2001–2020, Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates obtained from the Democratic Republic of the Congo side of the lake belonged to 2 of th...
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Successive epidemic waves of cholera in South Sudan between 2014 and 2017: a descriptive epidemiological study

Jones FK, Wamala JF, Rumunu J, Mawien PN, Kol MT,  et al.
2020-12-01 • Lancet Planetary health
2020-12-01 • Lancet Planetary health
Background
Between 2014 and 2017, successive cholera epidemics occurred in South Sudan within the context of civil war, population displacement, flooding, and drought. We aim to des...
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Alternative observational designs to estimate the effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in Lusaka, Zambia

Ferreras E, Blake A, Chewe O, Mwaba J, Zulu G,  et al.
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
2020-03-13 • Epidemiology and Infection
We conducted a matched case-control (MCC), test-negative case-control (TNCC) and case-cohort study in 2016 in Lusaka, Zambia, following a mass vaccination campaign. Confirmed cholera cas...
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Use of a Cholera Rapid Diagnostic Test during a Mass Vaccination Campaign in Response to an Epidemic in Guinea, 2012

Martinez-Pino I, Luquero FJ, Sakoba K, Sylla S, Haile M,  et al.
2013-08-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2013-08-15 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
During the 2012 cholera outbreak in the Republic of Guinea, the Ministry of Health, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières - Operational Center Geneva, used the oral cholera vaccine Shanc...
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Evaluation of the SD Bioline cholera rapid diagnostic test during the 2016 cholera outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia

Mwaba J, Ferreras E, Chizema Kawesha E, Mwimbe D, Tafirenyika F,  et al.
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE
To assess the performance of the SD Bioline Cholera Ag O1/O139 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) compared to a reference standard combining culture and PCR for the diagnosis of c...
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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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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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Evaluation of a rapid test for the diagnosis of cholera in the absence of a gold standard

Page AL, Alberti KP, Mondonge V, Rauzier J, Quilici ML,  et al.
2012-05-30 • PLOS One
2012-05-30 • PLOS One
Early detection and confirmation of cholera outbreaks are crucial for rapid implementation of control measures. Because cholera frequently affects regions with limited laboratory resourc...
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Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa

Weill FX, Domman D, Njamkepo E, Tarr C, Rauzier J,  et al.
2017-11-10 • Science
2017-11-10 • Science
The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 Vibrio cholerae O1 is...
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Use of Vibrio cholerae vaccine in an outbreak in Guinea

Luquero FJ, Grout L, Ciglenecki I, Sakoba K, Traore B,  et al.
2014-05-29 • New England Journal of Medicine
2014-05-29 • New England Journal of Medicine
BACKGROUND
The use of vaccines to prevent and control cholera is currently under debate. Shanchol is one of the two oral cholera vaccines prequalified by the World Health Organizatio...
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Cholera Rapid Test with Enrichment Step Has Diagnostic Performance Equivalent to Culture

Ontweka L, Deng LO, Rauzier J, Debes AK, Tadesse F,  et al.
2016-12-19 • PLOS One
2016-12-19 • PLOS One
Cholera rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) could play a central role in outbreak detection and surveillance in low-resource settings, but their modest performance has hindered their broad adop...
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Commentary

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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Letter

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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Letter

Vibrio cholerae O1 variant with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, Western Africa [letter]

Quilici ML, Massenet D, Gake B, Bwalki B
2010-11-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2010-11-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Letter

Single-dose cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak in Zambia

Ferreras E, Chizema Kawesha E, Blake A, Chewe O, Mwaba J,  et al.
2018-02-08 • New England Journal of Medicine
2018-02-08 • New England Journal of Medicine
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Use of filter paper as a transport medium for laboratory diagnosis of cholera under field conditions

Page AL, Alberti KP, Guenole A, Mondongue V, Lonlas Mayele S,  et al.
2011-06-22 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2011-06-22 • Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Confirmation of a cholera epidemic is based on bacteriological identification of the agent and requires the sending of samples to a culture laboratory, often in countries with limited re...