Imported cholera cases, South Africa, 2023

dc.contributor.authorSmith, Anthony Marius
dc.contributor.authorSekwadi, Phuti
dc.contributor.authorErasmus, Linda K.
dc.contributor.authorLee, Christine C.
dc.contributor.authorStroika, Steven G.
dc.contributor.authorNdzabandzaba, Sinenhlanhla
dc.contributor.authorNel, Jeremy
dc.contributor.authorNjamkepo, Elisabeth
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Juno
dc.contributor.authorWeill, Francois-Xavier
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T10:29:01Z
dc.date.available2024-05-22T10:29:01Z
dc.date.issued2023-08
dc.description.abstractSince 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.departmentMedical Microbiologyen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-03:Good heatlh and well-beingen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe SEQAFRICA project, which is funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care’s Fleming Fund using UK aid.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/en_US
dc.identifier.citationSmith, 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.issn1080-6040 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1080-6059 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3201/eid2908.230750
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/96168
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCenters for Disease Control and Preventionen_US
dc.rights© 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.en_US
dc.subjectCholeraen_US
dc.subjectVibrio choleraeen_US
dc.subjectVibrio cholerae serogroup O1en_US
dc.subjectSequence type 69en_US
dc.subjectBacteriaen_US
dc.subjectEnteric infectionsen_US
dc.subjectMalawien_US
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.titleImported cholera cases, South Africa, 2023en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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