Use of a cholera rapid diagnostic test during a mass vaccination campaign in response to an epidemic in Guinea, 2012.

• Main Authors: Isabel Martinez-Pino (Author), Francisco J Luquero (Author), Kéïta Sakoba (Author), Souleymane Sylla (Author), Melatwork Haile (Author), Rebecca F Grais (Author), Iza Ciglenecki (Author), Marie-Laure Quilici (Author), Anne-Laure Page (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: During the 2012 cholera outbreak in the Republic of Guinea, the Ministry of Health, supported by Médecins Sans Frontières - Operational Center Geneva, used the oral cholera vaccine Shanchol as a part of the emergency response. The rapid diagnostic test (RDT) Crystal VC, widely used dur...