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

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.

SUBMITTER: Benamrouche N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9155889 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature