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Resource October 17, 2016

Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study

Article published in The Lancet on 17-October-2016 by Azman, Andrew S. et al.  [1]

ABSTRACT

Oral cholera vaccines represent a new effective tool to fight 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 cholera vaccine might provide substantial direct protection against cholera. During a cholera outbreak in May, 2015, in Juba, South Sudan, the Ministry of Health, Médecins Sans Frontières, and partners engaged in the first field deployment of a single dose of oral cholera vaccine to enhance the outbreak response. We did a vaccine effectiveness study in conjunction with this large public health intervention.

Topic(s): 
Clinical Studies on OCV [2]
Country: 
South Sudan [3]
Outside Link: 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1630211X [1]
OCV [4]
Journal articles [5]
English [6]

Source URL: https://www.stopcholera.org/resources/effectiveness-one-dose-oral-cholera-vaccine-response-outbreak-case-cohort-study

Links
[1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1630211X
[2] https://www.stopcholera.org/topics/clinical-studies-ocv
[3] https://www.stopcholera.org/countries/south-sudan
[4] https://www.stopcholera.org/tags/ocv
[5] https://www.stopcholera.org/resource-type/journal-articles
[6] https://www.stopcholera.org/language/english