Imported cholera cases, South Africa, 2023

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dc.contributor.author Smith, Anthony M.
dc.contributor.author Sekwadi, Phuti
dc.contributor.author Erasmus, Linda K.
dc.contributor.author Lee, Christine C.
dc.contributor.author Stroika, Steven G.
dc.contributor.author Ndzabandzaba, Sinenhlanhla
dc.contributor.author Nel, Jeremy
dc.contributor.author Njamkepo, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.author Thomas, Juno
dc.contributor.author Weill, Francois-Xavier
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-22T10:29:01Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-22T10:29:01Z
dc.date.issued 2023-08
dc.description.abstract 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. en_US
dc.description.department Medical Microbiology en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-03:Good heatlh and well-being en_US
dc.description.sponsorship The SEQAFRICA project, which is funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care’s Fleming Fund using UK aid. en_US
dc.description.uri https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/ en_US
dc.identifier.citation Smith, A.M., Sekwadi, P., Erasmus, L.K. et al. 2023, 'Imported Cholera Cases, South Africa, 2023', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 29, no. 8, pp. 1687-1690. https://DOI.org/10.3201/eid2908.230750. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1080-6040 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 1080-6059 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.3201/eid2908.230750
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/96168
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention en_US
dc.rights © 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. en_US
dc.subject Cholera en_US
dc.subject Vibrio cholerae en_US
dc.subject Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1 en_US
dc.subject Sequence type 69 en_US
dc.subject Bacteria en_US
dc.subject Enteric infections en_US
dc.subject Malawi en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject SDG-03: Good health and well-being en_US
dc.title Imported cholera cases, South Africa, 2023 en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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