Public health surveillance in the UK revolutionises our understanding of the invasive Salmonella Typhimurium epidemic in Africa

Public health surveillance in the UK revolutionises our understanding of the invasive Salmonella Typhimurium epidemic in Africa

Abstract Background The ST313 sequence type of Salmonella Typhimurium causes invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis and was thought to be confined to sub-Saharan Africa. Two distinct phylogenetic lineages of African ST313 have been identified. Methods We analysed the whole genome sequences of S. Typhi...

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Main Authors: Philip M. Ashton, Siân V. Owen, Lukeki Kaindama, Will P. M. Rowe, Chris R. Lane, Lesley Larkin, Satheesh Nair, Claire Jenkins, Elizabeth M. de Pinna, Nicholas A. Feasey, Jay C. D. Hinton, Timothy J. Dallman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Genome Medicine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-017-0480-7

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