Imported Cholera Cases, South Africa, 2023

Since February 2022, Malawi has experienced a cholera outbreak of >54,000 cases. We investigated 6 cases in South Africa and found that isolates linked to the outbreak were Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa from seventh pandemic El Tor sublineage AFR15, indicating a new introduction of cholera in...

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Autores principales: Smith, Anthony M., Sekwadi, Phuti, Erasmus, Linda K., Lee, Christine C., Stroika, Steven G., Ndzabandzaba, Sinenhlanhla, Alex, Vinitha, Nel, Jeremy, Njamkepo, Elisabeth, Thomas, Juno, Weill, François-Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370840/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37352549
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230750
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Sumario:Since February 2022, Malawi has experienced a cholera outbreak of >54,000 cases. We investigated 6 cases in South Africa and found that isolates linked to the outbreak were Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa from seventh pandemic El Tor sublineage AFR15, indicating a new introduction of cholera into Africa from south Asia.

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