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El Niño climate cholera Africa cholera elimination cholera control Vibrio cholerae
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Cholera resurgence potentially induced by the consequences of climate in the El Niño phenomenon: an urgent call for strengthened cholera elimination in Africa
Nadège Taty Makuntima
Service d´Ecologie et Contrôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo; Laboratoire de Géographie et d´Aménagement de l´Espace de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, France; Programme National d´Elimination du Choléra et de Lutte Contre les Autres Maladies Aiarrhéiques, Ministère de la Santé, Hygiène et Prévention, République démocratique du Congo
Didier Bompangue
Service d´Ecologie et Contrôle des Maladies Infectieuses, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo; Programme National d´Elimination du Choléra et de Lutte Contre les Autres Maladies Aiarrhéiques, Ministère de la Santé, Hygiène et Prévention, République démocratique du Congo; Laboratory Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Franc
Sandra Moore
Veolia Foundation, Aubervilliers, France
Nancy Meschinet de Richemond
Laboratoire de Géographie et d´Aménagement de l´Espace de Montpellier, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, France
Thierry Vandevelde
Veolia Foundation, Aubervilliers, France
Dieudonné Mwamba
Institut National de Santé Publique, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
Rita Colwell
Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, MD, College Park, United States of America; University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States of America; CosmosID Inc, Rockville, MD, United States of America
Jean Jacques Muyembe
Institut National des Recherches Biomédicales, Kinshasa, République démocratique du Congo
Abstract
A resurgence in cholera cases has been observed throughout Africa during the first half of 2023. Among the many factors that drive cholera transmission, the ongoing climate phenomenon El Niño is likely to continue until March to May 2024. To prevent further cholera spread, it is critical to strengthen cholera control efforts in Africa.