Imported Cholera Cases, South Africa, 2023

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal 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
• 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.
• Subjects:
  Cholera Disease Outbreaks Humans Vibrio Cholerae O1
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(8):1687-1690
• Pubmed ID:
  37352549
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10370840
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  DH_/Department of HealthUnited Kingdom/
• Place as Subject:
  South Africa ; Malawi ; Asia, Southern
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6f6efc8016249a99d59db510c3c3483957a43b9384aab54d251bc37e68e88be7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132635/cdc_132635_DS1.pdf
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