Joseph A. Lewnard1, I. Ko1,2,5, Virginia E. Pitzer1, *, Marina Antillón1,2, Gregg Gonsalves1,2,3, Alice M. Miller2,3,4, Albert Abstract Background Introduction of Vibrio cholerae to Haiti during the deployment of United Nations (UN) peace-keepers in 2010 resulted in one of the largest cholera epidemics of the modern era. Follow-ing the outbreak, a UN-commissioned independent panel recommended three pre- […]

Hannah K. Smalleya, Pinar Keskinocaka, Julie Swanna, Alan Hinman ABSTRACT In addition to improved sanitation, hygiene, and better access to safe water, oral cholera vaccines can help to control the spread of cholera in the short term. However, there is currently no systematic method for determining the best allocation of oral cholera vaccines to minimize disease incidence […]

Eric J. Nelson,1,* Jason R. Andrews,2 Stacey Maples,3 Michele Barry,2 and John D. Clemens4 The 2010 earthquake in Haiti and the subsequent cholera outbreak taught us multiple lessons on how we might better avert cholera outbreaks, beyond simply improving access to clean water and sanitation [1]. Post-earthquake Nepal is now a test of how well […]

Dawn L. Taylor,1,2Tanya M. Kahawita,1Sandy Cairncross,1 and Jeroen H. J. Ensink1,* Abstract Background and Methods Cholera remains a significant threat to global public health with an estimated 100,000 deaths per year. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) interventions are frequently employed to control outbreaks though evidence regarding their effectiveness is often missing. This paper presents a […]

Antarpreet Jutla, Haidar Aldaach, Hannah Billian, Ali Akanda, Anwar Huq, Rita Colwell Abstract Introduction Cholera, an infectious diarrheal disease, has been shown to be associated with large scale hydroclimatic processes. The sudden and sporadic occurrence of epidemic cholera is linked with high mortality rates, in part, due to uncertainty in timing and location of outbreaks. […]