Seventh Pandemic <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> O1 Sublineages, Central African Republic
Sébastien Breurec, Thierry Franck, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Jean‐Robert Mbecko, Jean Rauzier, Hugues Sanke‐Waîgana, Guyguy Kamwiziku, Renaud Piarroux, Marie‐Laure Quilici, François‐Xavier Weill
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).
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Vibrio choleraePandemicCholeraMicrobiologyVirologyBiologyGeographyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineBacteriaGeneticsInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineDiseaseVibrio bacteria research studiesMosquito-borne diseases and control