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T1 Use of Vibrio cholerae Vaccine in an Outbreak in Guinea
A1 Luquero Alcalde, Francisco Javier
A1 Grout, Lise
A1 Ciglenecki, Iza
A1 Sakoba, Keita
A1 Traore, Bala
A1 Heile, Melat
A1 Diallo, Alpha Amadou
A1 Itama, Christian
A1 Page, Anne-Laure
A1 Quilici, Marie-Laure
A1 Mengel, Martin A.
A1 Eiros Bouza, José María
A1 Serafini, Micaela
A1 Legros, Dominique
A1 Grais, Rebecca F.
K1 Cólera - Vacunas
AB The use of vaccines to prevent and control cholera is currently under debate. Shanchol is one of the two oral cholera vaccines prequalified by the World Health Organization; however, its effectiveness under field conditions and the protection it confers in the first months after administration remain unknown. The main objective of this study was to estimate the short-term effectiveness of two doses of Shanchol used as a part of the integrated response to a cholera outbreak in Africa. METHODS We conducted a matched case-control study in Guinea between May 20 and October 19, 2012. Suspected cholera cases were confirmed by means of a rapid test, and controls were selected among neighbors of the same age and sex as the case patients. The odds of vaccination were compared between case patients and controls in bivariate and adjusted conditional logistic-regression models. Vaccine effectiveness was calculated as (1-odds ratio) × 100. RESULTS Between June 8 and October 19, 2012, we enrolled 40 case patients and 160 controls in the study for the primary analysis. After adjustment for potentially confounding variables, vaccination with two complete doses was associated with significant protection against cholera (effectiveness, 86.6%; 95% confidence interval, 56.7 to 95.8; P=0.001). CONCLUSIONS In this study, Shanchol was effective when used in response to a cholera outbreak in Guinea. This study provides evidence supporting the addition of vaccination as part of the response to an outbreak. It also supports the ongoing efforts to establish a cholera vaccine stockpile for emergency use, which would enhance outbreak prevention and control strategies.
PB Massachusetts Medical Society
SN 0028-4793
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/13682
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/13682
LA eng
NO New England Journal of Medicine, 2014, vol. 370(22): 2111-2120
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-nov-2024