Estimating the proportion of clinically suspected cholera cases that are true Vibrio cholerae infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

KE Wiens, H Xu, K Zou, J Mwaba, J Lessler… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Cholera surveillance relies on clinical diagnosis of acute watery diarrhea.
Suspected cholera case definitions have high sensitivity but low specificity, challenging our …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic techniques for rapid detection of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139

T Ramamurthy, B Das, S Chakraborty… - Vaccine, 2020 - Elsevier
Cholera caused by the toxigenic Vibrio cholerae is still a major public health problem in
many countries. This disease is mainly due to poor sanitation, hygiene and consumption of …

Clinical surveillance systems obscure the true cholera infection burden in an endemic region

ST Hegde, AI Khan, J Perez-Saez, II Khan, JD Hulse… - Nature medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Our understanding of cholera transmission and burden largely relies on clinic-based
surveillance, which can obscure trends, bias burden estimates and limit the impact of …

Accuracy of cholera rapid diagnostic tests: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BA Muzembo, K Kitahara, A Debnath… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Cholera is an acute diarrheal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 or O139.
Cholera rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are widely used to screen for cholera cases. However …

Mechanically Compressed Barriers Improve Paper-Based Lateral Flow Assay Sensitivity for COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Detection

N Alam, L Tong, Z He, R Tang, L Ahsan… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rapid testing devices with cellulose membrane-based lateral flow assay (LFA) could play a
significant role due to their immense advantageous features to prevent and control infectious …

Cholera: recent updates

AA Weil, ET Ryan - Current opinion in infectious diseases, 2018 - journals.lww.com
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Laboratory evaluation of the rapid diagnostic tests for the detection of Vibrio cholerae O1 using diarrheal samples

G Chowdhury, T Senapati, B Das… - PLoS Neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease is a major public health problem in many
developing countries. Several rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are available for the detection of …

A double-blind clinical trial to compare the efficacy and safety of a multiple amino acid-based ORS with the standard WHO-ORS in the management of non-cholera …

R Das, RA Sobi, AA Sultana, B Nahar, PK Bardhan… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Diarrhea is the second deadliest disease for under-five children globally and
the situation is more serious in developing countries. Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is …

Field evaluation of a locally produced rapid diagnostic test for early detection of cholera in Bangladesh

MT Islam, AI Khan, MA Sayeed, J Amin… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Cholera remains a substantial health burden in Asia and Africa particularly in
resource poor settings. The standard procedures to identify the etiological organism V …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory and field evaluation of the Crystal VC-O1 cholera rapid diagnostic test

AK Debes, KN Murt, E Waswa, G Githinji… - The American journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cholera is a severe acute, highly transmissible diarrheal disease which affects many low-
and middle-income countries. Outbreaks of cholera are confirmed using microbiological …