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

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 28, No. 6, Year 2022

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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Citations: 19
Authors: 19
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Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Algeria