Detection of Salmonella Typhi bacteriophages in surface waters as a scalable approach to environmental surveillance.

<h4>Background</h4>Environmental surveillance, using detection of Salmonella Typhi DNA, has emerged as a potentially useful tool to identify typhoid-endemic settings; however, it is relatively costly and requires molecular diagnostic capacity. We sought to determine whether S. Typhi bact...

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Main Authors: Sneha Shrestha, Kesia Esther Da Silva, Jivan Shakya, Alexander T Yu, Nishan Katuwal, Rajeev Shrestha, Mudita Shakya, Sabin Bikram Shahi, Shiva Ram Naga, Christopher LeBoa, Kristen Aiemjoy, Isaac I Bogoch, Senjuti Saha, Dipesh Tamrakar, Jason R Andrews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0011912&type=printable