Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 Sublineages, Central African Republic

Abstract

Four cholera outbreaks were reported in the Central African Republic during 1997–2016. We show that the outbreak isolates were Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Inaba from 3 seventh pandemic El Tor sublineages originating from West Africa (sublineages T7 and T9) or the African Great Lakes Region (T10).

Keywords

• Vibrio cholerae O1
• cholera
• Central African Republic
• genomics
• outbreak
• bacteria