Delayed second dose of oral cholera vaccine administered before high-risk period for cholera transmission: Cholera control strategy in Lusaka, 2016.

Delayed second dose of oral cholera vaccine administered before high-risk period for cholera transmission: Cholera control strategy in Lusaka, 2016.

<h4>Background</h4>In April 2016, an emergency vaccination campaign using one dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) was organized in response to a cholera outbreak that started in Lusaka in February 2016. In December 2016, a second round of vaccination was conducted, with the objective of i...

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Main Authors: Eva Ferreras, Belem Matapo, Elizabeth Chizema-Kawesha, Orbrie Chewe, Hannah Mzyece, Alexandre Blake, Loveness Moonde, Gideon Zulu, Marc Poncin, Nyambe Sinyange, Nancy Kasese-Chanda, Caroline Phiri, Kennedy Malama, Victor Mukonka, Sandra Cohuet, Florent Uzzeni, Iza Ciglenecki, M Carolina Danovaro-Holliday, Francisco J Luquero, Lorenzo Pezzoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219040

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219040

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