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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283637?pdf=render |
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