Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2023)

Imported Cholera Cases, South Africa, 2023

  • Anthony M. Smith,
  • Phuti Sekwadi,
  • Linda K. Erasmus,
  • Christine C. Lee,
  • Steven G. Stroika,
  • Sinenhlanhla Ndzabandzaba,
  • Vinitha Alex,
  • Jeremy Nel,
  • Elisabeth Njamkepo,
  • Juno Thomas,
  • François-Xavier Weill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230750
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 8
pp. 1687 – 1690

Abstract

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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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