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Epidemiological Situation on Cholera in the Russian Federation in 2023 and Forecast for 2024
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Author Affiliations
Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, Rostov-on-Don Anti-plague Institute Rospotrebnadzor
Published InProblems of Particularly Dangerous Infections
Year2024
Citations18
Abstract
The paper presents an analysis and assessment of risks of complication of epidemiological situation regarding cholera in the Russian Federation and a forecast for 2024. It briefly characterizes the dynamics of the epidemic process around the world during the last decade (2013–2022). The forecast of cholera importation into the Russian Federation, due to activity of the epidemic process in endemic countries, has been confirmed. In 2023, two cases of cholera importation from India were reported. It was established that the toxigenic strains isolated from patients belonged to the currently dominant in the world “post-Haitian” group, including in India and Bangladesh, with the genotype ctxB7 tcpA CIRS rtxA4a VSP-IIΔ0495-0512. Furthermore, non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 strains were isolated from samples of biological…
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