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. 2013;10(9):e1001512.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001512. Epub 2013 Sep 10.

Feasibility of mass vaccination campaign with oral cholera vaccines in response to an outbreak in Guinea

Iza Ciglenecki  1 , Keita Sakoba, Francisco J Luquero, Melat Heile, Christian Itama, Martin Mengel, Rebecca F Grais, Francois Verhoustraeten, Dominique Legros
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Feasibility of mass vaccination campaign with oral cholera vaccines in response to an outbreak in Guinea

Iza Ciglenecki et al. PLoS Med. 2013.

Abstract

Iza Ciglenecki and colleagues from Médecins sans Frontières report their experience of undertaking a mass vaccination campaign with oral cholera vaccines in response to an outbreak in Guinea.

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Conflict of interest statement

RFG is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine. CI works with World Health Organization. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the World Health Organization. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Vaccination team at work.
Image credit: David Di Lorenzo.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Administration of the vaccine.
Image credit: David Di Lorenzo.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Weekly number of reported cholera cases in Guinea, and Boffa and Forecariah districts, Guinea, 2012.
The vaccination campaign in Boffa took place on epidemiological weeks 13 and 16 and in Forecariah on weeks 22 and 24. Source: Ministry of Health, Guinea.
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