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

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 So...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2022-06, Vol.28 (6), p.1241-1245
Hauptverfasser:	Benamrouche, Nabila, Belkader, Chafika, Njamkepo, Elisabeth, Zemam, Sarah Sihem, Sadat, Soraya, Saighi, Karima, Boutabba, Dalila Torkia, Mechouet, Faiza, Benhadj-Slimani, Rym, Zmit, Fatma-Zohra, Rauzier, Jean, Kias, Farid, Zouagui, Souad, Ruckly, Corinne, Yousfi, Mohamed, Zertal, Amel, Chouikrat, Ramdane, Quilici, Marie-Laure, Weill, François-Xavier
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	2018 AD Antimicrobial agents antimicrobial resistance Asymptomatic bacteria Causes of Cholera Dispatch Drinking water Drug resistance enteric infections Epidemics Genetic aspects Genomes genomics Health surveillance Identification and classification Laboratories Life Sciences Mutation Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Outbreaks Pandemics Public health Santé publique et épidémiologie Statistics Vibrio cholerae Vibrio cholerae O1 Waterborne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2806.212451