Cholera Vaccine: What You Need to Know [2025]

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• Alternative Title:
  Cholera Vaccine: What You Need to Know [2025] [English] ; Vaccine Information Statement: Cholera Vaccine: What You Need to Know [2025]
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  A VIS or Vaccine Information Statement is a document, produced by CDC, that informs vaccine recipients – or their parents or legal representatives – about the benefits and risks of a vaccine they are receiving. All vaccine providers, public or private, are required by the National Vaccine Childhood Injury Act (NCVIA – 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-26) to give the appropriate VIS to the patient (or parent or legal representative) prior to every dose of specific vaccines. The appropriate VIS must be given prior to the vaccination, and must be given prior to each dose of a multi-dose series. It must be given regardless of the age of the recipient: from https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/about-vis/index.html.
  
  VISs have been translated into about 40 languages. These can be found on the website of CDC's partner, https://www.immunize.org/vis/. Not every VIS has been translated into every language.
  
  Why get vaccinated? Cholera vaccine can prevent cholera.
  
  Cholera is spread through contaminated food or water. It is not usually spread directly from person to person, but it can be spread through contact with the feces of an infected person. Cholera causes severe diarrhea and vomiting. If it isn’t treated quickly, it can lead to dehydration and even death.
  
  Cholera is a risk mostly to people traveling to countries where the disease is common (Americas including Hispaniola, parts of Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia). While it is rare in the United States, cholera has also occurred among people eating raw or undercooked seafood from the Gulf Coast.
  
  Besides being vaccinated, it is important to follow these five basic steps if you are going to an area where cholera is present. 1. Drink and use safe water. 2. Wash your hands often with soap and safe water. 3. Use toilets when possible. If toilets are not available, bury feces at least 100 feet away from any body of water, including wells. 4.Peel raw fruits and vegetables and cook other food thoroughly. 5. Clean up safely. Thoroughly clean toilets and other surfaces that might be contaminated with feces.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Cholera Cholera / Prevention & Control Cholera Vaccines Cholera Vaccines / Adverse Effects Vaccines
• Series:
  Vaccine Information Statement
• Subseries:
  Cholera Vaccine
• Publisher:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (U.S.)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet ; Patient Education Handout
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Rights:
  Public Domain
• Topic:
  Diseases & Conditions
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/252994/cdc_252994_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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