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Volume 29, Number 8—August 2023
Research Letter

Imported Cholera Cases, South Africa, 2023

Anthony M. SmithComments to Author , Phuti Sekwadi, Linda K. Erasmus, Christine C. Lee, Steven G. Stroika, Sinenhlanhla Ndzabandzaba, Vinitha Alex, Jeremy Nel, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Juno Thomas, and François-Xavier Weill
Author affiliations: University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (A.M. Smith); National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (A.M. Smith, P. Sekwadi, L.K. Erasmus, J. Thomas); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (C.C. Lee, S.G. Stroika); National Heath Laboratory Service, Johannesburg (S. Ndzabandzaba, V. Alex); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (S. Ndzabandzaba, V. Alex, J. Nel); Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France (E. Njamkepo, F.-X. Weill)

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Table

Characteristics of cholera cases and classification of Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa sequence type 69 isolates from patient fecal samples, Gauteng Province, South Africa, 2023

Case Date sample collected Cholera case classification Comment on case classification Patient age, y/sex Clinical manifestations
1
 2023 Feb 1
 Imported case
 Infected in Malawi
 37/F
 Acute diarrhea and dehydration
2
 2023 Feb 2
 Imported case
 Infected in Malawi
 44/F
 Mild diarrhea
3
 2023 Feb 5
 Related to imported case
 Close household contact of case-patient 1 (direct link to imported case)
 41/M
 Acute diarrhea and dehydration
4
 2023 Feb 16
 Locally acquired indigenous case
 No travel history; no evidence of 
direct link to an imported case
 27/M
 Acute diarrhea and dehydration
5
 2023 Feb 12
 Locally acquired indigenous case
 No travel history; no evidence of 
direct link to an imported case
 23/M
 Mild diarrhea
6 2023 Feb 23 Locally acquired indigenous case No travel history; no evidence of 
direct link to an imported case 19/F Mild diarrhea

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