Ascertaining the burden of invasive Salmonella disease in hospitalised febrile children aged under four years in Blantyre, Malawi.

Ascertaining the burden of invasive Salmonella disease in hospitalised febrile children aged under four years in Blantyre, Malawi.

Typhoid fever is endemic across sub-Saharan Africa. However, estimates of the burden of typhoid are undermined by insufficient blood volumes and lack of sensitivity of blood culture. Here, we aimed to address this limitation by exploiting pre-enrichment culture followed by PCR, alongside routine blo...

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Main Authors: Chisomo L Msefula, Franziska Olgemoeller, Ndaru Jambo, Dalitso Segula, Trinh Van Tan, Tonney S Nyirenda, Wilfred Nedi, Neil Kennedy, Matthew Graham, Marc Y R Henrion, Stephen Baker, Nicholas Feasey, Melita Gordon, Robert S Heyderman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-07-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007539

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007539

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