Differing burden and epidemiology of non-Typhi Salmonella bacteremia in rural and urban Kenya, 2006-2009.

BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of non-Typhi Salmonella (NTS) bacteremia in Africa will likely evolve as potential co-factors, such as HIV, malaria, and urbanization, also change. METHODS: As part of population-based surveillance among 55,000 persons in malaria-endemic, rural and malaria-nonendemic, ur...

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Main Authors: Collins Tabu, Robert F Breiman, Benjamin Ochieng, Barrack Aura, Leonard Cosmas, Allan Audi, Beatrice Olack, Godfrey Bigogo, Juliette R Ongus, Patricia Fields, Eric Mintz, Deron Burton, Joe Oundo, Daniel R Feikin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283637?pdf=render