BACKGROUND
Killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccines (kOCVs) are a standard prevention and control measure in cholera-endemic areas and during outbreaks and human...
OBJECTIVES
Cholera is an easily treatable disease, but many people are still unnecessarily dying from it. To improve current case management practices and preve...
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...
Critical failings in humanitarian response: a cholera outbreak in Kumer Refugee Camp, Ethiopia, 2023
BACKGROUND
In 2019–2020, preventative Oral Cholera Vaccine campaigns were conducted in 24/32 n...
We evaluated the spatiotemporal clustering of rapid diagnostic test−positive cholera cases in Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. We detected spatiotemporal clusters that...
The risk of cholera outbreaks spreading rapidly and extensively is substantial. Case-area targeted interventions (CATI) are based on the premise that early detection can...
In the context of cholera resurgence, the Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) constitutes an important control strategy, including in endemic areas. Preventive OCV campaigns are now i...