Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa

Wong, Vanessa; E. Holt, Kathryn; K. Okoro, Chinyere; Baker, Stephen; Pickard, Derek; Marks, Florian; J. Page, Andrew; Olanipekun, Grace; Munir, Huda; Alter, Roxanne; D. Fey, Paul; Feasey, Nicholas; Weill, François‐Xavier; Le Hello, Simon; Hart, Peter; Kariuki, Samuel; F. Breiman, Robert; A. Gordon, Melita; S. Heyderman, Robert; Jacobs, Jan; Lunguya, Octavie; Msefula, Chisomo; A. MacLennan, Calman; H. Keddy, Karen; M. Smith, Anthony; Onsaŕe, Robert; de Pinna, Elizabeth; Nair, Satheesh; Amos, Ben; Dougan, Gordon; Obaro, Stephen

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0004781

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Molecular Surveillance Identifies Multiple Transmissions of Typhoid in West Africa

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Sep 22, 2016

Authors:

Vanessa Wong

Kathryn E. Holt

Chinyere K. Okoro

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The burden of typhoid in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries has been difficult to estimate, in part, due to suboptimal laboratory diagnostics. However, surveillance blood cultures at two sites in Nigeria have identified typhoid associated with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi...

Subject

Typhoid fever

Salmonella typhi

Antibiotic resistance

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