JD Clemens, M. John Albert, Malla Rao, Firdausi Qadri et al.
To evaluate the relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and the subsequent risk and severity of endemic Vibrio cholerae O1 diarrhea among rural Bangladeshis, 285 children and adults with cholera (cases) and 881 contemporaneously selected community controls were studied. Cases and controls...
BF Stanton, JD Clemens, Tajkera Khair
We evaluated whether an educational intervention that was effective in reducing childhood diarrhea also improved childhood nutritional status. Fifty-one communities of 38 families each were randomized to receive the intervention or no intervention. During 1 y of follow-up the rate of diarrhea (per 1...
Francisco J. Luquero, David A. Sack
Although killed, whole-cell oral cholera vaccines (OCVs) have been known to be efficacious since 1986,1Clemens JD Sack DA Harris JR et al.Field trial of oral cholera vaccines in Bangladesh.Lancet. 1986; 2: 124-127Summary PubMed Scopus (251) Google Scholar and the bivalent whole-cell vaccine Shanchol...
Sabeena Ahmed, Wasif Ali Khan
We would like to thank you for sending us the letter from Dr Ajay Kumar Shukla and Dr Saurav Misra relating to our article entitled 'A five-day course of ivermectin for the treatment of COVID-19 may reduce the duration of illness', published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Ahmed...
David Walton, Arjun Suri, Paul Farmer
Editorials3 May 2011Cholera in Haiti: Fully Integrating Prevention and CareFREEDavid Walton, MD, MPH, Arjun Suri, and Paul Farmer, MD, PhDDavid Walton, MD, MPHFrom Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115., Arjun SuriFrom Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115., and Paul Farmer, MD, PhDFrom Harvar...
Rahman, SIA, Firoj, MG, Park, SE, Khanam, F et al.
Enteric fever remains a public health challenge. We analyzed (95% CI 41–117)/100,000 PY for paratyphoid and 887 (95% data from a cluster-randomized Vi-tetanus toxoid conjugate CI 715–1,088)/100,000 PY for typhoid. Lack of private toilets vaccine trial to compare the epidemiology between Salmo- and s...