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Vaccination effects

Infection effects

Cholera and cholera vaccine

The app compares cholera symptoms and outcomes with cholera vaccine side effects, and shows how community vaccination (herd immunity) changes disease risk.

See cholera risks, symptoms, and outcomes alongside vaccine side effects in the same model.

This is an educational simulation and does not provide medical advice or personalized risk assessment.

  • The common side effects of the cholera vaccine are mild abdominal discomfort or diarrhea. A rare serious side effect is severe allergic reaction.
  • The common symptoms and outcomes of cholera are mild or no noticeable symptoms and severe dehydrating diarrhea. Rare serious outcomes include hospitalization and death.
  • By adjusting community vaccination rate, you can explore how herd immunity changes the probability of cholera infection in the model.