Retrospective analysis of cholera/acute watery diarrhea outbreaks in Ethiopia from 2001 to 2023: incidence, case fatality rate, and seasonal and multiyear epidemic …

Y Worku Demlie, A Gedefaw, Y Jeon… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Ethiopian government has developed the multisectoral cholera
elimination plan (NCP) with an aim of reducing cholera incidence and case fatality rate …

Vibrio cholerae, classification, pathogenesis, immune response, and trends in vaccine development

DA Montero, RM Vidal, J Velasco, S George… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of cholera, a highly contagious diarrheal disease
affecting millions worldwide each year. Cholera is a major public health problem, primarily in …

Drivers of the dynamics of the spread of cholera in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000–2018: An eco-epidemiological study

HC Kayembe, D Bompangue, C Linard… - PLoS neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The dynamics of the spread of cholera epidemics in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC), from east to west and within western DRC, have been extensively …

Estimated global and regional causes of deaths from diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years during 2000–21: a systematic review and Bayesian multinomial …

RE Black, J Perin, D Yeung, T Rajeev… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Information on the causes of deaths from diarrhoea in children younger than 5
years is needed to design improved preventive and therapeutic approaches. We aimed to …

Enhanced cholera surveillance to improve vaccination campaign efficiency

H Xu, K Zou, J Dent, KE Wiens, EB Malembaka… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Systematic testing for Vibrio cholerae O1 is rare, which means that the world's limited supply
of oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) may not be delivered to areas with the highest true cholera …

Artificial Intelligence for Public Health Surveillance in Africa: Applications and Opportunities

JM Tshimula, M Kalengayi, D Makenga… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various fields, including public health
surveillance. In Africa, where health systems frequently encounter challenges such as …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a scorecard to monitor progress toward national cholera elimination: its application in Uganda

G Bwire, DA Sack, SM Lunkuse, F Ongole… - The American journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2017, the Global Task Force for Cholera Control (GTFCC) set a goal to eliminate cholera
from≥ 20 countries and to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030. Many countries have …

Water, Sanitation, and Cholera in Sub-Saharan Africa

M Sikder, A Deshpande, ST Hegde… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Improvements in water and sanitation should reduce cholera risk though the associations
between cholera and specific water and sanitation access measures remain unclear. We …

Genomic evolution and rearrangement of CTX-Φ prophage elements in Vibrio cholerae during the 2018-2024 cholera outbreaks in eastern Democratic Republic of …

LM Irenge, J Ambroise, B Bearzatto… - Emerging Microbes & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Between 2018 and 2024, we conducted systematic whole-genome sequencing and
phylogenomic analysis on 263 V. cholerae O1 isolates from cholera patients across four …

Prioritizing interventions for cholera control in Kenya, 2015–2020

W Boru, S Xiao, P Amoth, D Kareko… - PLoS neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Kenya has experienced cholera outbreaks since 1971, with the most recent wave beginning
in late 2014. Between 2015–2020, 32 of 47 counties reported 30,431 suspected cholera …