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

• मुख्य लेखकों: Isabel Martinez-Pino (लेखक), Francisco J Luquero (लेखक), Kéïta Sakoba (लेखक), Souleymane Sylla (लेखक), Melatwork Haile (लेखक), Rebecca F Grais (लेखक), Iza Ciglenecki (लेखक), Marie-Laure Quilici (लेखक), Anne-Laure Page (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: 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...