After a lull of >20 years, Algeria experienced a cholera outbreak in 2018 that included 291 suspected cases. We found that outbreak isolates were Vibrio cholerae O1 serotype Ogawa from seventh pandemic El Tor sublineage AFR14, which corresponds to a new introduction of cholera into Africa from South Asia.
Keywords: Africa; Algeria; Vibrio cholerae O1; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; cholera; enteric infections; genomics; outbreak.