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effectiveness of mass oral cholera vaccination in beira, mozambique.new-generation, orally administered cholera vaccines offer the promise of improved control of cholera in sub-saharan africa. however, the high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in many cholera-affected african populations has raised doubts about the level of protection possible with vaccination. we evaluated a mass immunization program with recombinant cholera-toxin b subunit, killed whole-cell (rbs-wc) oral cholera vaccine in beira, mozambique, a city where the seroprev ...200515728808
pandemic serovars (o3:k6 and o4:k68) of vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with diarrhea in mozambique: spread of the pandemic into the african continent.forty-two episodes of vibrio parahaemolyticus infections were detected in beira, mozambique, from january to may 2004. the majority of the isolates (81%) belonged to the pandemic serovars (o3:k6 and o4:k68) of v. parahaemolyticus. the pandemic serovars were positive by group-specific pcr (gs-pcr) and a pcr specific for open reading frame orf8 (orf8-pcr), which are molecular markers of the pandemic clone, and were positive for tdh but negative for trh. the remaining 19% of the strains also posses ...200515956363
field evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick test for the diagnosis of cholera in a high-risk population.early detection of cholera outbreaks is crucial for the implementation of the most appropriate control strategies.200616451731
is hiv infection associated with an increased risk for cholera? findings from a case-control study in mozambique.as residents of sub-saharan africa are at high risk for hiv and cholera, it is biologically plausible that immune suppression caused by hiv infection predisposes to cholera. our aim was to assess the potential association between both diseases.200818331384
characteristics of a pandemic clone of o3 : k6 and o4 : k68 vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated in beira, mozambique.the genetic characteristics of vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated in 2004 and 2005 in mozambique were assessed in this study to determine whether the pandemic clone of v. parahaemolyticus o3 : k6 and o4 : k68 serotypes has spread to mozambique. fifty-eight v. parahaemolyticus strains isolated from hospitalized diarrhoea patients in beira, mozambique, were serotyped for o : k antigens and genotyped for toxr, tdh and trh genes. a group-specific pcr, a pcr that detects the presence of orf8 of ...200819018020
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