Two-year study of the protective efficacy of the oral whole cell plus recombinant B subunit cholera vaccine in Peru.
The protective efficacy of an oral inactivated whole cell Vibrio cholerae plus recombinant B subunit cholera vaccine was determined against El Tor cholera among Peruvian children and adults (2-65 years old) in a randomized, double-blind manner. Study subjects received 2 doses of vaccine or placebo 2 weeks apart, followed by a booster dose 10 months later. Surveillance for cholera was performed actively, with 2 visits per week to each household, and passively, at a local hospital. Stool samples were collected during diarrhea episodes and were cultured for V. cholerae. A total of 17,799 persons received 2 doses of vaccine or placebo, and 14,997 of these persons received the booster dose. After 2 doses (first surveillance period), V. cholerae biotype O1 was isolated from 17 vaccinees and 16 placebo recipients, demonstrating vaccine efficacy (VE) of -4%. After 3 doses (second surveillance period), V. cholerae O1 was isolated from 13 vaccinees and 32 placebo recipients, demonstrating VE of 61% (95% confidence interval ¿CI, 28%-79%). In the second surveillance period, the VE for illness requiring hospitalization was 82% (95% CI, 27%-96%). VE was also higher for persons >15 years old (VE, 72%; 95% CI, 28%-89%).
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Dept. of Enteric Infections, Division of Communicable Diseases and Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA. David.Taylor@na.amedd.army.mil.
Cárdenas
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Sanchez
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Bégué
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Gilman
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Bautista
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Perez
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Puga
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Gaillour
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Meza
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Echeverria
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Sadoff
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D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002771:Cholera / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000276:immunology*; D022121:Cholera Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017201:Virus Shedding
D022121:Cholera Vaccines; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D002772:Cholera Toxin