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Efficacy of a Single-Dose, Inactivated Oral Cholera Vaccine in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Firdausi Qadri,
Thomas F. Wierzba,
Mohammad Ali,
Fahima Chowdhury,
Ashraful Islam Khan,
Amit Saha,
Iqbal Ansary Khan,
Muhammad Asaduzzaman,
Afroza Akter,
Arifuzzaman Khan,
Yasmin Ara Begum,
Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan,
Farhana Khanam,
Mohiul Islam Chowdhury,
Taufiqul Islam,
Atique Iqbal Chowdhury,
Anisur Rahman,
Shah Alam Siddique,
Young A. You,
Deok R. Kim,
Ashraf Siddik,
Nirod Chandra Saha,
Alamgir Kabir,
Alejandro Cravioto,
Sachin N. Desai,
Ajit Singh,
John D. Clemens
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1510330
Subject(s) - cholera , medicine , cholera vaccine , placebo , regimen , virology , vibrio cholerae , biology , bacteria , genetics , alternative medicine , pathology
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.

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