Mass vaccination with a new, less expensive oral cholera vaccine using public health infrastructure in India: the Odisha model.

• Main Authors: Shantanu K Kar (Author), Binod Sah (Author), Bikash Patnaik (Author), Yang Hee Kim (Author), Anna S Kerketta (Author), Sunheang Shin (Author), Shyam Bandhu Rath (Author), Mohammad Ali (Author), Vittal Mogasale (Author), Hemant K Khuntia (Author), Anuj Bhattachan (Author), Young Ae You (Author), Mahesh K Puri (Author), Anna Lena Lopez (Author), Brian Maskery (Author), Gopinath B Nair (Author), John D Clemens (Author), Thomas F Wierzba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The substantial morbidity and mortality associated with recent cholera outbreaks in Haiti and Zimbabwe, as well as with cholera endemicity in countries throughout Asia and Africa, make a compelling case for supplementary cholera control measures in addition to existing interventions. Clinical trials...