Genomic analysis of pathogenic isolates of Vibrio cholerae from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014-2017).
Leonid M IrengeJérôme AmbroisePrudence N MitangalaBertrand BearzattoRaphaël K S KabangwaJean-François DurantJean-Luc GalaPublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)
Current data confirm the association of both DRC O1 7PET (T)10 sub-clades ST69 and ST515 with recurrent outbreaks in eastern DRC and at regional level over the past 10 years. Interestingly, while ST69 is predominantly a locally endemic sequence type, ST515 became adaptable enough to expand across DRC neighboring countries.