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SUBMITTER: Desai SN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559691 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Desai Sachin N SN Akalu Zenebe Z Teshome Samuel S Teferi Mekonnen M Yamuah Lawrence L Kim Deok Ryun DR Yang Jae Seung JS Hussein Jemal J Park Ju Yeong JY Jang Mi Seon MS Mesganaw Chalachew C Taye Hawult H Beyene Demissew D Bedru Ahmed A Singh Ajit Pal AP Wierzba Thomas F TF Aseffa Abraham A
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150615 3
Killed whole-cell oral cholera vaccine (OCV) has been a key component of a comprehensive package including water and sanitation measures for recent cholera epidemics. The vaccine, given in a two-dose regimen, has been evaluated in a large number of human volunteers in India, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, where it has demonstrated safety, immunogenicity, and clinical efficacy. We conducted a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial in Ethiopia, where we evaluated the safety and immunogenicity ...[more]