Genomic analysis unveils genome degradation events and gene flux in the emergence and persistence of S. Paratyphi A lineages.

Paratyphoid fever caused by S. Paratyphi A is endemic in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The proportion of enteric fever cases caused by S. Paratyphi A has substantially increased, yet only limited data is available on the population structure and genetic diversity of this serovar. We examin...

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Main Authors: Jobin John Jacob, Agila K Pragasam, Karthick Vasudevan, Aravind Velmurugan, Monisha Priya Teekaraman, Tharani Priya Thirumoorthy, Pallab Ray, Madhu Gupta, Arti Kapil, Sulochana Putil Bai, Savitha Nagaraj, Karnika Saigal, Temsunaro Rongsen Chandola, Maria Thomas, Ashish Bavdekar, Sheena Evelyn Ebenezer, Jayanthi Shastri, Anuradha De, Shantha Dutta, Anna P Alexander, Roshine Mary Koshy, Dasaratha R Jinka, Ashita Singh, Sunil Kumar Srivastava, Shalini Anandan, Gordon Dougan, Jacob John, Gagandeep Kang, Balaji Veeraraghavan, Ankur Mutreja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-04-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010650