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Impact of a multi-pronged cholera intervention in an endemic setting

Blake A, Walder A, Hanks EM, Welo PO, Luquero F,  et al.
2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
2025-02-19 • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Cholera is a bacterial water-borne diarrheal disease transmitted via the fecal-oral route that causes high morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. It is preventable with vaccination...

Conference Material
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Poster

Impact of OCV preventative campaigns strategies for cholera elimination: A comprehensive research project in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Broban A, Meakin S, Mukadi D, Mahamba R, Roederer T,  et al.
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Conference Material
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Poster

A multi-site pilot study of the deployment of cholera rapid diagnostic tests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moser W, Broban A, Welo PO, Mukadi D, Gerstl S,  et al.
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
2024-05-23 • Epicentre Scientific Day 2024
Journal Article
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Research

Cholera deaths during outbreaks in Uvira, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 10-35 months after mass vaccination

Bugeme PM, Xu H, Hutchins C, Dent J, Saidi JM,  et al.
2024-02-01 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
2024-02-01 • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Our understanding of the burden and drivers of cholera mortality is hampered by limited surveillance and confirmation capacity. Leveraging enhanced clinical and laboratory surveillance i...
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Research

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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Review

Identifying transferable lessons from cholera epidemic responses by Médecins Sans Frontières in Mozambique, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2015-2018: a scoping review

D'Mello-Guyett L, Cumming O, Rogers E, D'hondt R, Mengitsu E,  et al.
2022-03-29 • Conflict and Health
2022-03-29 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND
Cholera epidemics occur frequently in low-income countries affected by concurrent humanitarian crises. Evaluations of these epidemic response remains largely unpublished a...
Protocol
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Research Protocol

Effectiveness of case-area targeted interventions including vaccination on the control of epidemic cholera: protocol for a prospective observational study

Ratnayake R, Peyraud N, Ciglenecki I, Gignoux EM, Lightowler M,  et al.
2022-07-06 • BMJ Open
2022-07-06 • BMJ Open
INTRODUCTION
Cholera outbreaks in fragile settings are prone to rapid expansion. Case-area targeted interventions (CATIs) have been proposed as a rapid and efficient response strateg...
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Research

Effectiveness of hygiene kit distribution to reduce cholera transmission in Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo, 2018: a prospective cohort study

D'Mello-Guyett L, Cumming O, Bonneville S, D'hondt R, Mashako M,  et al.
2021-10-01 • BMJ Open
2021-10-01 • BMJ Open
INTRODUCTION
Household contacts of cholera cases are at a greater risk of Vibrio cholerae infection than the general population. There is currently no agreed standard of care for hou...