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Objective To describe the implementation of case-area targeted interventions to reduce cholera transmission using a
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.
Household spraying is a commonly implemented, yet an under-researched, cholera response intervention where a response team sprays su
Background In October 2010, Haiti was struck by a large-scale cholera epidemic.
The risk for cholera infection is >100 times higher for household contacts of cholera patients during the week after the index pa
In a disaster context, where risk for diarrhoeal disease is elevated, personal hygiene, i.e.
For people affected by disaster, whether wars, earthquakes, or disease epidemics, conditions of life can change suddenly and in ways