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Emerg Infect Dis
; 22(6): 1067-70, 2016 06.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27192187
RESUMO
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.