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Reduction of cholera in Bangladeshi villages by simple filtration

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Colwell, Rita R., Huq, Anwar, Islam, M. Sirajul, Aziz, K. M. A., Yunus, M., Khan, N. Huda, Mahmud, A., Sack, R. Bradley, Nair, G. B., Chakraborty, J., Sack, David A., Russek-Cohen, E.·2003·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.0237386100
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Based on results of ecological studies demonstrating that Vibrio cholerae , the etiological agent of epidemic cholera, is commensal to zooplankton, notably copepods, a simple filtration procedure was developed whereby zooplankton, most phytoplankton, and particulates >20 μm were removed from water before use. Effective deployment of this filtration procedure, from September 1999 through July 2002 in 65 villages of rural Bangladesh, of which the total population for the entire study comprised ≈133,000 individuals, yielded a 48% reduction in cholera ( P < 0.005) compared with the control.

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Authors
Colwell, R. R., Huq, A., Islam, M. S., Aziz, K. M. A., Yunus, M., Khan, N. H., Mahmud, A., Sack, R. B., Nair, G. B., Chakraborty, J., Sack, D. A., & Russek-Cohen, E.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2003-01-14
Volume
100
Issue
3
Pages
1051-1055
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.0237386100
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W2160983200
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382
References
25
FWCI
9.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Colwell, R. R., Huq, A., Islam, M. S., Aziz, K. M. A., Yunus, M., Khan, N. H., Mahmud, A., Sack, R. B., Nair, G. B., Chakraborty, J., Sack, D. A., & Russek-Cohen, E. (2003). Reduction of cholera in Bangladeshi villages by simple filtration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0237386100

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