Friday 30 May 2014

New Vaccine Found to be 86 Percent Effective Against Cholera

Researchers have found that a new oral cholera vaccine, which is cheap and easy to deliver, is 86 percent effective in preventing the disease. Some 1.4 billion people around the globe were at risk for cholera in 2012, according to World Health Organization (WHO). Cholera is caused by a bacterium, Vibrio cholerae, which can spread through the water supply in places where sanitation and hygiene are poor. The study in the May 29 edition of ...

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