Epidemiology of cholera

Jacqueline Deen; Martin A Mengel; John D Clemens

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.078

Epidemiology of cholera

Vaccine. 2020 Feb 29:38 Suppl 1:A31-A40. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.078. Epub 2019 Aug 5.

Authors

Jacqueline Deen¹, Martin A Mengel², John D Clemens³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines, Pedro Gil Street, Ermita, Manila 1000, Philippines; Delivering Oral Vaccine Effectively (DOVE), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. Electronic address: deen.jacqueline@gmail.com.
² Global-Health Consulting, Calle Isabel de Villena 99, 46011 Valencia, Spain.
³ iccdr,b, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA.

PMID: 31395455
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2019.07.078

Abstract

Cholera is an ancient disease that remains a public health problem in many impoverished locations around the world. Seven pandemics of cholera have been recorded since the first pandemic in 1817, the last of which is on going. Overcrowding, poverty, insufficient water and sanitation facilities increase the risk for cholera outbreaks. The epidemiology of cholera in the areas in Asia, Africa and the Americas where the disease occurs continues to evolve.

Keywords: Cholera; Epidemiology; Pandemics; Transmission; Vibrio cholerae.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Africa / epidemiology
Americas / epidemiology
Asia / epidemiology
Cholera* / epidemiology
Crowding
Disease Outbreaks
Humans
Poverty
Sanitation
Water Supply

Grants and funding

WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom