Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, Algeria, 2018
oleh: 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, François-Xavier Weill
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| Diterbitkan: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-06-01 |
Deskripsi
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.