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Weill, FXDomman, D
Njamkepo, E
Tarr, C
Rauzier, J
Fawal, N
Keddy, KH
Salje, H
Moore, S
Mukhopadhyay, AK
Bercion, R
Luquero, FJ
Ngandjio, A
Dosso, M
Monakhova, E
Garin, B
Bouchier, C
Pazzani, C
Mutreja, A
Grunow, R
Sidikou, F
Bonte, L
Breurec, S
Damian, M
Njanpop-Lafourcade, BM
Sapriel, G
Page, AL
Hamze, M
Henkens, M
Chowdhury, G
Mengel, M
Koeck, JL
Fournier, JM
Dougan, G
Grimont, PAD
Parkhill, J
Holt, KE
Piarroux, R
Ramamurthy, T
Quilici, ML
Thomson, NR
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2017-11-10Submitted date
2017-12-13
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Science (New York, N.Y.)Abstract
The seventh cholera pandemic has heavily affected Africa, although the origin and continental spread of the disease remain undefined. We used genomic data from 1070 Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates, across 45 African countries and over a 49-year period, to show that past epidemics were attributable to a single expanded lineage. This lineage was introduced at least 11 times since 1970, into two main regions, West Africa and East/Southern Africa, causing epidemics that lasted up to 28 years. The last five introductions into Africa, all from Asia, involved multidrug-resistant sublineages that replaced antibiotic-susceptible sublineages after 2000. This phylogenetic framework describes the periodicity of lineage introduction and the stable routes of cholera spread, which should inform the rational design of control measures for cholera in Africa.PubMed ID
29123067Language
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1095-9203ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1126/science.aad5901
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