Combined high-resolution genotyping and geospatial analysis reveals modes of endemic urban typhoid fever transmission
Typhoid is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A, human-restricted bacteria that are transmitted faeco-orally. Salmonella Typhi and S. Paratyphi A are clonal, and their limited genetic diversity has precluded the identification of long-term transmission networks...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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