Potential for Controlling Cholera Using a Ring Vaccination Strategy: Re-analysis of Data from a Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.

Potential for Controlling Cholera Using a Ring Vaccination Strategy: Re-analysis of Data from a Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.

Vaccinating a buffer of individuals around a case (ring vaccination) has the potential to target those who are at highest risk of infection, reducing the number of doses needed to control a disease. We explored the potential vaccine effectiveness (VE) of oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) for such a strat...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Ali, Amanda K Debes, Francisco J Luquero, Deok Ryun Kim, Je Yeon Park, Laura Digilio, Byomkesh Manna, Suman Kanungo, Shanta Dutta, Dipika Sur, Sujit K Bhattacharya, David A Sack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5021260?pdf=render

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