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Cholera outbreaks primarily occur in areas lacking adequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), and infection can cause severe de
Monitoring water, sanitation, and hygiene programs in cholera outbreaks is critical to improve humanitarian response.
Household members of diarrhea patients are at higher risk of developing diarrheal diseases (>100 times for cholera) than the gene
Background: Cholera poses a significant global health burden.
Globally, cholera epidemics continue to challenge disease control.
In recent outbreak settings, the use of rapid response teams (RRTs) to support the WASH sector has increa
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
Background: Cholera remains a serious public health threat in Asia, Africa and in parts of the Americas.
A simple method for filtering water to reduce the incidence of cholera was tested in a field trial in Matlab, Bangladesh, and proved