ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2018
Sensitivity, Specificity, and Public-Health Utility of Clinical Case Definitions Based on the Signs and Symptoms of Cholera in Africa.
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- Clinical surveillance systems obscure the true cholera infection burden in an endemic region.Nature medicine · 2024Article
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- Cholera outbreaks in sub-Saharan Africa during 2010-2019: a descriptive analysis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2022Article
- Clinical, Sociodemographic and Environmental Risk Factors for Acute Bacterial Diarrhea among Adults and Children over Five Years in Bangladesh.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2021Article
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- [Diagnostic properties of case definitions of suspected COVID-19 in Chile, 2020Características diagnósticas das definições de caso suspeito de COVID-19 no Chile, 2020].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
During 2014, Africa reported more than half of the global suspected cholera cases. Based on the data collected from seven countries in the African Cholera Surveillance Network (Africhol), we assessed the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values of clinical cholera case definitions, including that recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) using culture confirmation as the gold standard. The study was designed to assess results in real-world field situations in settings with recent cholera outbreaks or endemicity. From June 2011 to July 2015, a total of 5,084 persons with suspected cholera were tested for
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