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Immune responses to an oral cholera vaccine in internally displaced persons in South Sudan

Iyer AS, Ryan ET, Martin S, Legros D, Lessler J,  et al.
2016-10-24 • Scientific Reports
2016-10-24 • Scientific Reports
Despite recent large-scale cholera outbreaks, little is known about the immunogenicity of oral cholera vaccines (OCV) in African populations, particularly among those at highest cholera ...
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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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Post-licensure deployment of oral cholera vaccines: a systematic review

Martin S, Lopez AMZ, Bellos A, Deen JL, Ali MI,  et al.
2014-09-29 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2014-09-29 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
OBJECTIVE
To describe and analyse the characteristics of oral cholera vaccination campaigns; including location, target population, logistics, vaccine coverage and delivery costs.
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Global oral cholera vaccine use, 2013-2018

Pezzoli L, Cavailler P, Mengel M, Matzger H, Lorenson T,  et al.
2019-09-10 • Vaccine
2019-09-10 • Vaccine
Vaccination is a key intervention to prevent and control cholera in conjunction with water, sanitation and hygiene activities. An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) stockpile was established by ...
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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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Immunogenicity and protection from a single dose of internationally available killed oral cholera vaccine: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lopez AMZ, Deen JL, Azman AS, Luguero FJ, Kanungo S,  et al.
2017-11-21 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
2017-11-21 • Clinical Infectious Diseases
In addition to improved water supply and sanitation, the two-dose killed oral cholera vaccine (OCV) is an important tool for the prevention and control of cholera. We aimed to document t...
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Protection against cholera from killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bi Q, Ferreras E, Pezzoli L, Legros D, Ivers LI,  et al.
2017-07-17 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2017-07-17 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
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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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The scenario approach for countries considering the addition of oral cholera vaccination in cholera preparedness and control plans

Deen JL, von Seidlein L, Luquero FJ, Troeger C, Reyburn R,  et al.
2016-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
2016-01-01 • Lancet Infectious Diseases
Oral cholera vaccination could be deployed in a diverse range of situations from cholera-endemic areas and locations of humanitarian crises, but no clear consensus exists. The supply of ...
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Effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in preventing cholera among fishermen in Lake Chilwa, Malawi: A case-control study

Grandesso F, Kasambara W, Page AL, Debes AK, Mbangome M,  et al.
2019-06-19 • Vaccine
2019-06-19 • Vaccine
Background: In response to a cholera outbreak among mobile, difficult-to-reach fishermen on Lake Chilwa, Malawi in 2016, a novel vaccine distribution strategy exploited the proven vaccin...
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Commentary

Effectiveness of oral cholera vaccine in Haiti

Luquero FJ, Sack DA
2015-03-01 • Lancet Global Health
2015-03-01 • Lancet Global Health
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The impact of a one-dose versus two-dose oral cholera vaccine regimen in outbreak settings: a modeling study

Azman AS, Luquero FJ, Ciglenecki I, Grais RF, Sack DA,  et al.
2015-08-25 • PLOS Medicine
2015-08-25 • PLOS Medicine
BACKGROUND
In 2013, a stockpile of oral cholera vaccine (OCV) was created for use in outbreak response, but vaccine availability remains severely limited. Innovative strategies are n...
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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...