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Efficacy of a single-dose, inactivated oral cholera vaccine in Bangladesh [1]

A single-dose regimen of the current killed oral cholera vaccines that have been prequalified by the World Health Organization would make them more attractive for use against endemic and epidemic cholera. We conducted an efficacy trial of a single dose of the killed oral cholera vaccine Shanchol, which is currently given in a two-dose schedule, in an urban area in which cholera is highly endemic.

Publication Date: 
05/05/2016
Firdausi Qadri [2], Thomas F. Wierzba [3], Mohammad Ali & et al [4]
New England Journal of Medicine [5]
1723-1732
Tags:
Cholera [6], Bangladesh [7], South Asia [8], Vaccination [9], Child Health [10], Waterborne diseases [11]
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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-england-journal-medicine
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vaccination
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health
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