Browsing Research Papers by Subject "Cholera"

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    • Cholera Rapid Test with Enrichment Step Has Diagnostic Performance Equivalent to Culture 

      Ontweka, Lameck N.; Deng, Lul O.; Rauzier, Jean; Debes, Amanda K.; Tadesse, Fisseha; Parker, Lucy A.; Wamala, Joseph F.; Bior, Bior K.; Lasuba, Michael; But, Abiem Bona; Grandesso, Francesco; Jamet, Christine; Cohuet, Sandra; Ciglenecki, Iza; Serafini, Micaela; Sack, David A.; Quilici, Marie-Laure; Azman, Andrew S.; Luquero, Francisco J.; Page, Anne-Laure (CrossMark, 2016-12-19)
      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 adoption. The addition of an enrichment ...

    • Effectiveness of One Dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine in Response to an Outbreak: A Case-cohort Study 

      Azman, Andrew S.; Parker, Lucy A; Rumunu, John; Tadesse, Fisseha; Grandesso, Francesco; Deng, Lul L.; Lino, Richard Laku; Bior, Bior K.; Lasuba, Michael; Page, Anne-Laure; Ontweka, Lameck; Llosa, Augusto E.; Cohuet, Sandra; Pezzoli, Lorenzo; Sodjinou, Dossou Vincent; Abubakar, Abdinasir; Debes, Amanda K.; Mpairwe, Allan M.; Wamala, Joseph F.; Jamet, Christine; Lessler, Justin; Sack, David A.; Quilici, Marie-Laure; Ciglenecki, Iza; Luquero, Francisco J. (Elsevier Ltd., 2016-11)
      Background Oral cholera vaccines represent a new eff ective tool to fi ght cholera and are licensed as two-dose regimens with 2–4 weeks between doses. Evidence from previous studies suggests that a single dose of oral ...

    • Interaction between Climatic, Environmental, and Demographic Factors on Cholera Outbreaks in Kenya 

      Stoltzfus, James D; Carter, Jane Y; Akpinar-Elcix, Muge; Matu, Martin; Kimotho, Victoria; Giganti, Mark J; Langat, Daniel; Elci, Omur Cinar (BioMed Central, 6/6/2014)
      Background: Cholera remains an important public health concern in developing countries including Kenya where 11,769 cases and 274 deaths were reported in 2009 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ...

    • Interaction Between Climatic, Environmental, and Demographic Factors on Cholera Outbreaks in Kenya 

      Stoltzfus, James D; Carter, Jane Y; Akpinar-Elc, Muge; Matu, Martin; Kimotho, Victoria; Giganti, Mark J; Langat, Daniel; Elci, Omur Cinar (BioMed Central, 10/1/2014)
      Background: Cholera remains an important public health concern in developing countries including Kenya where 11,769 cases and 274 deaths were reported in 2009 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ...