Recent surge in cholera outbreaks globally during the COVID-19 pandemic era: a potential threat to the African continent and salient counteracting strategies

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¹ Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha, India.
² Department of General Surgery, Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India.
⁴ School of Biotechnology, Campus-11, KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
⁵ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
⁶ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Ranjan K Mohapatra et al. Int J Surg. 2023.

. 2023 Mar 1;109(3):631-633.

doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000222.

¹ Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha, India.
² Department of General Surgery, Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.
³ Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, Telangana, India.
⁴ School of Biotechnology, Campus-11, KIIT Deemed-to-be-University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
⁵ Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana.
⁶ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

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