2014New England Journal of MedicineOpen access

Embracing Oral Cholera Vaccine — The Shifting Response to Cholera

Jean W. Pape, Vanessa Rouzier

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Despite evidence of the safety and efficacy of oral cholera vaccines, they were not included in the prevention package during the 2010 Haitian cholera epidemic. But some major obstacles to the use of OCVs in cholera outbreaks have since been overcome.

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Despite evidence of the safety and efficacy of oral cholera vaccines, they were not included in the prevention package during the 2010 Haitian cholera epidemic. But some major obstacles to the use of OCVs in cholera outbreaks have since been overcome.

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Despite evidence of the safety and efficacy of oral cholera vaccines, they were not included in the prevention package during the 2010 Haitian cholera epidemic. But some major obstacles to the use of OCVs in cholera outbreaks have since been overcome.

Key concepts: Cholera, Cholera vaccine, Medicine, Outbreak, Virology, Vibrio cholerae, Environmental health, Biology

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