[Controlled results of the oral anticholera vaccine from the Institut Pasteur during the Shaba-Zaire epidemic in 1983].
Pasteur Institute oral cholera vaccine has been evaluated in the district of Malemba NKulu (Zaire). A cholera epidemic began 7 months after the vaccination. 216 cholera cases occurred among 18,377 control non-vaccinated subjects and 57 cases occurred among 6,249 subjects vaccinated by the conventional parenterally administered vaccine. In contrast, only 6 cholera cases occurred among 12,014 subjects vaccinated by the oral cholera vaccine.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D022121:Cholera Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections
D022121:Cholera Vaccines
Résultats contrôlés du vaccin anticholérique oral de l'Institut Pasteur au cours de l'épidémie du Shaba-Zaïre en 1983.