Combined high-resolution genotyping and geospatial analysis reveals modes of endemic urban typhoid fever transmission
Open Access
- 1 October 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Open Biology
- Vol. 1 (2) , 110008
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.110008
Abstract
Typhoid is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A, human-restricted bacteria that are transmitted faeco-orally. Salmonella Typhi and S. Paratyphi A are clonal, a...Keywords
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