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Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014

Following mass population displacements in South Sudan, preventive cholera vaccination campaigns were conducted in displaced persons camps before a 2014 cholera outbreak. We compare cholera transmission in vaccinated and unvaccinated areas and show vaccination likely halted transmission within vacci...

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Autores principales: Azman, Andrew S., Rumunu, John, Abubakar, Abdinasir, West, Haley, Ciglenecki, Iza, Helderman, Trina, Wamala, Joseph Francis, Vázquez, Olimpia de la Rosa, Perea, William, Sack, David A., Legros, Dominique, Martin, Stephen, Lessler, Justin, Luquero, Francisco J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.151592
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author Azman, Andrew S.
Rumunu, John
Abubakar, Abdinasir
West, Haley
Ciglenecki, Iza
Helderman, Trina
Wamala, Joseph Francis
Vázquez, Olimpia de la Rosa
Perea, William
Sack, David A.
Legros, Dominique
Martin, Stephen
Lessler, Justin
Luquero, Francisco J.
author_facet Azman, Andrew S.
Rumunu, John
Abubakar, Abdinasir
West, Haley
Ciglenecki, Iza
Helderman, Trina
Wamala, Joseph Francis
Vázquez, Olimpia de la Rosa
Perea, William
Sack, David A.
Legros, Dominique
Martin, Stephen
Lessler, Justin
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description Following mass population displacements in South Sudan, preventive cholera vaccination campaigns were conducted in displaced persons camps before a 2014 cholera outbreak. We compare cholera transmission in vaccinated and unvaccinated areas and show vaccination likely halted transmission within vaccinated areas, illustrating the potential for oral cholera vaccine to stop cholera transmission in vulnerable populations.
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spelling pubmed-48800692016-06-01 Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014 Azman, Andrew S. Rumunu, John Abubakar, Abdinasir West, Haley Ciglenecki, Iza Helderman, Trina Wamala, Joseph Francis Vázquez, Olimpia de la Rosa Perea, William Sack, David A. Legros, Dominique Martin, Stephen Lessler, Justin Luquero, Francisco J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Following mass population displacements in South Sudan, preventive cholera vaccination campaigns were conducted in displaced persons camps before a 2014 cholera outbreak. We compare cholera transmission in vaccinated and unvaccinated areas and show vaccination likely halted transmission within vaccinated areas, illustrating the potential for oral cholera vaccine to stop cholera transmission in vulnerable populations. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4880069/ /pubmed/27192187 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.151592 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Azman, Andrew S.
Rumunu, John
Abubakar, Abdinasir
West, Haley
Ciglenecki, Iza
Helderman, Trina
Wamala, Joseph Francis
Vázquez, Olimpia de la Rosa
Perea, William
Sack, David A.
Legros, Dominique
Martin, Stephen
Lessler, Justin
Luquero, Francisco J.
Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
title Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
title_full Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
title_fullStr Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
title_full_unstemmed Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
title_short Population-Level Effect of Cholera Vaccine on Displaced Populations, South Sudan, 2014
title_sort population-level effect of cholera vaccine on displaced populations, south sudan, 2014
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4880069/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192187
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2206.151592
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