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
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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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author 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
author_facet Smith, Anthony M.
Sekwadi, Phuti
Erasmus, Linda K.
Lee, Christine C.
Stroika, Steven G.
Ndzabandzaba, Sinenhlanhla
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Njamkepo, Elisabeth
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description 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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spelling pubmed-103708402023-08-01 Imported Cholera Cases, South Africa, 2023 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10370840/ /pubmed/37352549 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230750 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Nel, Jeremy
Njamkepo, Elisabeth
Thomas, Juno
Weill, François-Xavier
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370840/
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