Randomized Controlled Trial of Hospital-Based Hygiene and Water Treatment Intervention (CHoBI7) to Reduce Cholera

Randomized Controlled Trial of Hospital-Based Hygiene and Water Treatment Intervention (CHoBI7) to Reduce Cholera

The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index patient seeks hospital care than it is for the general population. To initiate a standard of care for this high-risk population, we developed Cholera-Hospital-Based-Inter...

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Main Authors: Christine Marie George, Shirajum Monira, David A. Sack, Mahamud-ur Rashid, K.M. Saif-Ur-Rahman, Toslim Mahmud, Zillur Rahman, Munshi Mustafiz, Sazzadul Islam Bhuyian, Peter J. Winch, Elli Leontsini, Jamie Perin, Farzana Begum, Fatema Zohura, Shwapon Biswas, Tahmina Parvin, Xiaotong Zhang, Danielle Jung, R. Bradley Sack, Munirul Alam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
cholera
hand washing
water treatment
household contacts
enteric infections
randomized controlled trial
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/2/15-1175_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/2/15-1175_article

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