Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

The seventh pandemic of cholera in Europe revisited by microbial genomics

  • Mihaela Oprea,
  • Elisabeth Njamkepo,
  • Daniela Cristea,
  • Anna Zhukova,
  • Clifford G. Clark,
  • Anatoly N. Kravetz,
  • Elena Monakhova,
  • Adriana S. Ciontea,
  • Radu Cojocaru,
  • Jean Rauzier,
  • Maria Damian,
  • Olivier Gascuel,
  • Marie-Laure Quilici,
  • François-Xavier Weill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19185-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Since 1970, several cholera outbreaks caused by the “seventh pandemic” (7PET) lineage have been reported in Europe. Here, the authors demonstrate that the outbreaks were caused by repeated introductions of 7PET into Europe, rather than local environmental sources.