The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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August 29, 2016
An Oral Cholera Vaccine for Travelers (Vaxchora)
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An Oral Cholera Vaccine for Travelers (Vaxchora)
August 29, 2016 (Issue: 1502)
The FDA has approved Vaxchora (PaxVax), a single-dose,
oral, live-attenuated cholera vaccine, to protect
against disease caused by Vibrio cholerae serogroup
O1 in adults 18-64 years old traveling to cholera-affected
areas. Vaxchora is the only...more
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