Draft genomic sequences of Vibrio cholerae strains linked to the cholera outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu, DRC

Pimlapas Leekitcharoenphon; Pacifique Ndishimye; Saria Otani; Frederik Duus Møller; Leonard Schuele; Bas B Oude Munnink; Jean Claude Udahemuka; Freddy Belesi Siangoli; Justin Bengehya Mbiribindi; Marion Koopmans; Frank M Aarestrup; Leandre Murhula Masirika

doi:10.1128/mra.01044-24

Draft genomic sequences of Vibrio cholerae strains linked to the cholera outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu, DRC

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Apr 10;14(4):e0104424. doi: 10.1128/mra.01044-24. Epub 2025 Mar 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Research Group for Genomic Epidemiology, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
² Genomics Research and Development Division, Stansile Research Organization, Kigali, Rwanda.
³ Department of Viroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Rwanda, Nyagatare, Rwanda.
⁵ Division Provinciale de la Santé, Bukavu, South-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁶ Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles de Lwiro, DS Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁷ SaBio Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha & CSIC), Ciudad Real, Spain.
⁸ Congo Outbreaks, Research for Development, Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae is responsible for outbreaks in Africa, but the cause of the outbreaks remains poorly understood. Here, we report the draft genomes of four Vibrio cholerae strains isolated from individuals affected by an outbreak in Kamituga, South Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, between January and May 2024.

Keywords: DRC; South Kivu; Vibrio cholerae.

Grants and funding

101103059/the Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking