학술논문
Outbreak of Imported Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, Algeria, 2018.
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Benamrouche, Nabila; Belkader, Chafika; Njamkepo, Elisabeth; Zemam, Sarah Sihem; Sadat, Soraya; Saighi, Karima; Boutabba, Dalila Torkia; Mechouet, Faiza; Benhadj-Slimani, Rym; Zmit, Fatma-Zohra; Rauzier, Jean; Kias, Farid; Zouagui, Souad; Ruckly, Corinne; Yousfi, Mohamed; Zertal, Amel; Chouikrat, Ramdane; Quilici, Marie-Laure; Weill, François-Xavier
Source
Subject
*CHOLERA
*GRAM-negative bacteria
*EPIDEMICS
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Language
ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]