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Oral maintenance therapy in cholera

Contribution grade

Public-health treatment research · Scoped historical scientific contribution

Reference score120,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

A controlled clinical study used an oral glucose–electrolyte solution for cholera maintenance therapy and reported a reduced need for intravenous replacement fluids.

Scientific scope

The 1968 adult cholera oral-maintenance-therapy study.

Evidence

Original sources and institutional historical accounts support the stated contribution. The reading boundary is recorded at each source; this assessment is not an independent scientific verification.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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