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Cholera - Cholera vaccination
Hope for cholera vaccine
An effective cholera vaccine may soon become a reality, if research by a group of visiting Cuban scientists is successful.
Is there a vaccine for cholera?

Yes. However, although there is a vaccine for cholera, it offers only limited immunity and the jury is out about whether or not travellers should be vaccinated.

While some doctors recommend it, others doubt its efficacy and suggest that travellers should rather take precautions with food and drinking water.

Regretfully, none of the current vaccines have the necessary combination of high efficacy, long duration of protection, simplicity of administration and low cost to make mass vaccination a possibility in cholera areas.

Vaccines against bacterial diseases
Most vaccines against bacterial infections are effective at preventing disease.
Cholera vaccine
There are three cholera vaccines available they are safe and effective and licensed in some countries. These vaccines are mainly used by travellers.
More than just a grain of rice
Japanese researchers have developed a new type of rice that could protect against cholera.
Cholera vaccine could protect communities
A vaccine used to protect travellers from cholera could also be used effectively among those living in cholera-prone areas.
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