Vaccines for Cholera Control: Does Herd Immunity Play a Role?

Lorenz von Seidlein

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040331

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Vaccines for Cholera Control: Does Herd Immunity Play a Role?

Lorenz von Seidlein

Email: lseidlein@ivi.int
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Vaccines for Cholera Control: Does Herd Immunity Play a Role?

Lorenz von Seidlein

Published: November 27, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040331

About the Authors

Lorenz von Seidlein: Email: lseidlein@ivi.int

Competing Interests

The author has in the past received funding from International Vaccine Institute and from World Health Organization.

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