*1,2Kabangwa, R. K. S., 2Mulasi, K. H., 2Moyengo, B. T., 2Byamungu, J. M., and 2Mobile, P. K.
1Department of Biology, University of Goma, Goma, The Democratic Republic of Congo
2Appui Médical Intégré aux Activités de Laboratoire (AMI-LABO), North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo *Correspondence to: amilabogm@gmail.com; +243 994 907 798
Abstract:
Background: Cholera is an infectious disease characterized by severe watery diarrhea, frequently occurring in outbreaks which affects many communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). At the end of October 2022, a cholera outbreak was declared in the camp of internally displaced people (IDP) of Kanyaruchinya, 20 kilometers north of Goma, the provincial capital of the North-Kivu province in DRC, as well as in other IDP camps and settlements around the city of Goma. The aim of this study was to phenotypically characterize Vibrio cholerae isolates associated with this outbreak, and to determinate their antimicrobial susceptibility profiles. Continue reading “Phenotypic characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Vibrio cholerae isolates during the October 2022 and January 2023 outbreak in North-Kivu province, The Democratic Republic of Congo”