Abstract |
During the last decade there has been a rapid progress in the development of new, much improved vaccines against cholera. These vaccines, which are given orally to stimulate the gut mucosal immune system, are based on either a combination of purified cholera toxin B (binding) subunit and killed cholera vibrios of Inaba and Ogawa serotypes and El Tor and classical biotypes (B subunit-whole cell vaccine, B-WC) or on a live attenuated mutant strain of Vibrio cholerae producing the B subunit (CVD 103-HgR). The safety of the oral B-WC cholera vaccine and the immunogenicity and protective efficacy of this vaccine against both cholera and diarrhoea caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli have been extensively documented, e.g. in a large randomized, placebo-controlled field trial in 90,000 persons living in a cholera endemic area. The potential for inexpensive large-scale manufacturing of the B-WC vaccine has recently been much facilitated by the introduction of recombinant DNA technology for production of the B subunit component. This now gives promise that this vaccine could become a useful, cost-effective tool in future strategies to control cholera both in endemic situations and in relation to acute epidemic outbreaks.
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Authors | J Holmgren, A M Svennerholm, M Jertborn, J Clemens, D A Sack, R Salenstedt, H Wigzell |
Journal | Vaccine
(Vaccine)
Vol. 10
Issue 13
Pg. 911-4
( 1992)
ISSN: 0264-410X [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 1471411
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Cholera Vaccines
- Vaccines, Attenuated
- Vaccines, Inactivated
- Vaccines, Synthetic
- Cholera Toxin
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Topics |
- Administration, Oral
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Bangladesh
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cholera
(epidemiology, prevention & control)
- Cholera Toxin
(immunology)
- Cholera Vaccines
(administration & dosage, immunology)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Vaccination
- Vaccines, Attenuated
(immunology)
- Vaccines, Inactivated
(immunology)
- Vaccines, Synthetic
(immunology)
- Vibrio cholerae
(immunology)
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