Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor,Algeria, 2018 |
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| 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,Franç ois-Xavier Weill |
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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. |
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| Keywords: | cholera Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteria antimicrobial resistance enteric infections genomics outbreak Africa Algeria |
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