Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 Sublineages, Central African Republic

Sebastien Breurec (1, 2) , Thierry Franck (1) , Elisabeth Njamkepo (3) , Jean-Robert Mbecko (1) , Jean Rauzier (3) , Hugues Sanke-Waïgana (4) , Guyguy Kamwiziku (4) , Renaud Piarroux (5) , Marie-Laure Quilici (3) , François-Xavier Weill (3)

1 Institut Pasteur de Bangui
2 Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe
3 Institut Pasteur [Paris]
4 ULK - Université Libre de Kinshasa
5 AP-HP - Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

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: Central African Republic; Vibrio cholerae O1; bacteria; cholera; enteric infections; food safety; foodborne infections; genomics; outbreak; waterborne infections

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]

Sebastien Breurec, Thierry Franck, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Jean-Robert Mbecko, Jean Rauzier, et al.. Seventh Pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 Sublineages, Central African Republic. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021, 27 (1), pp.262 - 266. ⟨10.3201/eid2701.200375⟩. ⟨pasteur-03705846⟩