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Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, Algeria, 2018
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 6, Pp 1241-1245 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022.
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Abstract
- After a lull of >20 years, Algeria experienced a cholera outbreak in 2018 that included 291 suspected cases. We found that outbreak isolates were Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa from seventh pandemic El Tor sublineage AFR14, which corresponds to a new introduction of cholera into Africa from South Asia.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3db5d42c9c4404fba4dc31a35d67d8f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2806.212451