A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the bivalent killed, whole-cell, oral cholera vaccine in adults and children in a cholera endemic area in Kolkata, India.

A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the bivalent killed, whole-cell, oral cholera vaccine in adults and children in a cholera endemic area in Kolkata, India.

An effective vaccine against cholera has been used for public health purposes in Vietnam since the 1990s. This vaccine was reformulated to meet WHO requirements. We assessed the safety and immunogenicity of the reformulated bivalent (Vibrio cholerae 01 and 0139) killed whole cell oral vaccine in a c...

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Main Authors: Dilip Mahalanabis, Anna Lena Lopez, Dipika Sur, Jacqueline Deen, Byomkesh Manna, Suman Kanungo, Lorenz von Seidlein, Rodney Carbis, Seung Hyun Han, Seong Hye Shin, Stephen Attridge, Raman Rao, Jan Holmgren, John Clemens, Sujit K Bhattacharya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2396289?pdf=render

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