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Genomic microevolution of Vibrio cholerae O1, Lake Tanganyika Basin, Africa

Hounmanou YM, Njamkepo E, Rauzier J, Gallandat K, Jeandron A,  et al.
2023-01-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2023-01-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Africa’s Lake Tanganyika basin is a cholera hotspot. During 2001–2020, Vibrio cholerae O1 isolates obtained from the Democratic Republic of the Congo side of the lake belonged to 2 of th...
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Evaluation of the SD Bioline cholera rapid diagnostic test during the 2016 cholera outbreak in Lusaka, Zambia

Mwaba J, Ferreras E, Chizema Kawesha E, Mwimbe D, Tafirenyika F,  et al.
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-31 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
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To assess the performance of the SD Bioline Cholera Ag O1/O139 rapid diagnostic test (RDT) compared to a reference standard combining culture and PCR for the diagnosis of c...
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Evaluation of a rapid test for the diagnosis of cholera in the absence of a gold standard

Page AL, Alberti KP, Mondonge V, Rauzier J, Quilici ML,  et al.
2012-05-30 • PLOS One
2012-05-30 • PLOS One
Early detection and confirmation of cholera outbreaks are crucial for rapid implementation of control measures. Because cholera frequently affects regions with limited laboratory resourc...
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Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa

Weill FX, Domman D, Njamkepo E, Tarr C, Rauzier J,  et al.
2017-11-10 • Science
2017-11-10 • Science
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 is...
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Cholera Rapid Test with Enrichment Step Has Diagnostic Performance Equivalent to Culture

Ontweka L, Deng LO, Rauzier J, Debes AK, Tadesse F,  et al.
2016-12-19 • PLOS One
2016-12-19 • PLOS One
Cholera rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) could play a central role in outbreak detection and surveillance in low-resource settings, but their modest performance has hindered their broad adop...
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Cholera epidemic in South Sudan and Uganda and need for international collaboration in cholera control

Abubakar A, Bwire GS, Azman AS, Bouhenia M, Deng LO,  et al.
2018-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
2018-05-01 • Emerging Infectious Diseases
Combining the official cholera line list data and outbreak investigation reports from the ministries of health in Uganda and South Sudan with molecular analysis of Vibrio cholerae strain...
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Genomic Insights into the 2016-2017 Cholera Epidemic in Yemen

Weill FX, Domman D, Njamkepo E, Almesbahi AA, Naji MAM,  et al.
2019-01-02 • Nature
2019-01-02 • Nature
Yemen is currently experiencing, to our knowledge, the largest cholera epidemic in recent history. The first cases were declared in September 2016, and over 1.1 million cases and 2,300 d...