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Fu Li1, Bo Pang2, Hanqiu Yan1
1Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing Research Center for Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100013, China.
Abstract:
Determining the source and genetic characteristics of the imported pathogen is critical in the control of infectious diseases. Here, we reported the investigation of an imported cholera case in China in 2018 with a recent travel history in Nepal and India. Stool culture from the patient was identified as Vibrio cholerae serogroup O1, biotype El Tor, serotype Ogawa. The strain 2018HL24 possessed intact Vibrio seventh pandemic island I (VSP-I), Vibrio pathogenicity Island 1 and 2 (VPI-1, VPI-2). A VSP-II variant with a 13 kb deletion was also detected, which was identical to those observed in V. cholerae in cluster "Nepal-4". Phylogenetic analysis based on the core genome SNPs showed that the isolate was most closely related to the V. cholerae isolated in northern India not far from the border of Nepal in 2012 (16 SNPs). Combining the epidemiological data with phylogenetic analysis results, we speculate that the patient may got infected in Nepal-India region.
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