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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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 1241 - 1245
Main Authors:	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:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-06-2022 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	2018 AD Algeria - epidemiology Antimicrobial agents antimicrobial resistance Asymptomatic bacteria Causes of Cholera Cholera - epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Drinking water Drug resistance enteric infections Epidemics Genetic aspects Genomes genomics Health surveillance Humans 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 Vibrio cholerae O1 - genetics Waterborne diseases Algeria North Africa Algiers Algeria Africa South Asia Yemen Vibrio cholerae O1 bacteria antimicrobial resistance Africa enteric infections genomics outbreak Algeria cholera
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Summary:	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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ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2806.212451