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Diep TT, Jensen O, Van Thuong N, Nhi NTN, Thu NNA, Quang VN, Hieu TC, Thang HA, Thuy ND, Thang HV, Tuyen HT, Ngan LD, Ha NTT, Dung TD, Anderson CP, Azman AS, Leung DT. Sero-evaluation of Immune Responses to Vibrio cholerae in a Postelimination Setting. Open Forum Infect Dis 2020; 7:ofaa136. [PMID: 32462045 PMCID: PMC7240342 DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Cholera remains a significant public health problem worldwide. In settings of declining incidence, serosurveillance may be used to augment clinical surveillance. We utilized dried blood spot sampling and cholera-specific antibody testing to examine the serologic profiles of vaccinated and unvaccinated children in southern Vietnam, where cholera was recently eliminated.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Provincial Preventive Medical Centres, Tien Giang, Vietnam
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
| | - Andrew S Azman
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
| | - Daniel T Leung
- Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.,Division of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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