Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 37352549
Link to DOI – 10.3201/eid2908.230750
Emerg Infect Dis 2023 Aug; 29(8): 1687-1690
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.