Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, Algeria, 2018.
Emerg Infect Dis
; 28(6): 1241-1245, 2022 06.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35608654
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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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cholera
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Vibrio cholerae O1
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Emerg Infect Dis
Journal subject:
DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS
Year:
2022
Type:
Article