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Volume 27, Number 11—November 2021
Dispatch

Emergence of Vibrio cholerae O1 Sequence Type 75, South Africa, 2018–2020

Anthony M. SmithComments to Author , François-Xavier Weill, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Hlengiwe M. Ngomane, Ntsieni Ramalwa, Phuti Sekwadi, and Juno Thomas
Author affiliations: National Institute for Communicable Diseases, Johannesburg, South Africa (A.M. Smith, H.M. Ngomane, N. Ramalwa, P. Sekwadi, J. Thomas); University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa (A.M. Smith, N. Ramalwa); Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (F.-X. Weill, E. Njamkepo)

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Table 1

Clinical and demographic characteristics of 5 patients hospitalized with Vibrio cholerae O1 ST75 diagnosed from stool cultures and risk factors for V. cholerae infection, South Africa, 2018–2020*

Isolate no. Province Sample collection date Patient age, y/sex Clinical manifestations Source of drinking water Sanitation Linked environmental samples Type of environmental sample, isolate no.
YA00085869
 KwaZulu-Natal
 2018 Feb 8
 37/F
 Acute watery diarrhea, dehydration
 Untreated river water
 NA
 N
 NA
YA00132994
 Limpopo
 2018 Nov 9
 38/M
 Acute watery diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration
 Untreated borehole water
 Pit latrine and open defecation
 N
 NA
YA00134463
 Limpopo
 2018 Nov 20
 45/M
 Acute watery diarrhea, dehydration
 Untreated borehole water
 Flush toilets
 Y
 Sewage, OA01603367
YA00192016
 KwaZulu-Natal
 2019 Dec 29
 49/M
 Acute watery diarrhea, abdominal cramps, dehydration
 Untreated river water
 Pit latrine
 Y
 River water, CF00214281
YA00193061 KwaZulu-Natal 2020 Jan 12 57/F Acute watery diarrhea, dehydration NA NA N NA

*All cases were diagnosed from stool cultures. All patients survived. NA, Not available; ST, sequence type. †Environmental samples tested positive for V. cholerae O1 ST75.

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