A prospective cohort study comparing household contact and water Vibrio cholerae isolates in households of cholera patients in rural Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Christine Marie George (Author), Khaled Hasan (Author), Shirajum Monira (Author), Zillur Rahman (Author), K M Saif- (Author), Mahamud-Ur Rashid (Author), Fatema Zohura (Author), Tahmina Parvin (Author), Md Sazzadul Islam Bhuyian (Author), Md Toslim Mahmud (Author), Shan Li (Author), Jamie Perin (Author), Camille Morgan (Author), Munshi Mustafiz (Author), R Bradley Sack (Author), David A Sack (Author), O Colin Stine (Author), Munirul Alam (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Household contacts of cholera patients are at a 100 times higher risk of developing cholera than the general population. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence of V. cholerae infections among household contacts of cholera patients in a rural setting in Bangladesh, to ide...