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Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, Algeria, 2018

Authors :
Nabila Benamrouche
Chafika Belkader
Elisabeth Njamkepo
Sarah Sihem Zemam
Soraya Sadat
Karima Saighi
Dalila Torkia Boutabba
Faiza Mechouet
Rym Benhadj-Slimani
Fatma-Zohra Zmit
Jean Rauzier
Farid Kias
Souad Zouagui
Corinne Ruckly
Mohamed Yousfi
Amel Zertal
Ramdane Chouikrat
Marie-Laure Quilici
François-Xavier Weill
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 28, Iss 6, Pp 1241-1245 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2022.

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