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Detection and Characterization of Salmonella enterica Serotypes by Simple PCR Technologies
AUTHORS Samuel Kariuki, John Kiiru ABSTRACT Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular-based technology that has revolutionized diagnostics and characterization of pathogens, and thus affecting how we understand disease landscape. This ...
Read moreInvestigating the meat pathway as a source of human nontyphoidal Salmonella bloodstream infections and diarrhea in East Africa
AUTHORS John A Crump, Kate M Thomas, Jackie Benschop, Matthew A Knox, David A Wilkinson, Anne C Midwinter, Peninah Munyua, John B Ochieng, Godfrey M Bigogo, Jennifer R Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, Gerard Prinsen, Sarah Cleaveland, Esron D Karimuribo, Rudovick R Kazwala, Blandina T Mmbaga, Emanuel S ...
Read moreSelf-reported diseases and their associated risk factors among camp-dwelling conflict-affected internally displaced populations in Nigeria
AUTHORS Winifred Ekezie, Puja Myles, Rachael L Murray, Manpreet Bains, Stephen Timmons, Catherine Pritchard ABSTRACT Background Conflict in Nigeria displaced millions of people, and some settled in camp-like locations within the country. Evidence on the ...
Read moreElimination of typhoid: Possibility or pipe dream?
AUTHORS Rachael Purcell, Andrew J Pollard ABSTRACT The elimination of typhoid would have a substantial impact on the health of millions of people living in South and Southeast Asia and ...
Read moreDrug resistance in Salmonella Typhi: implications for South Asia and travel
AUTHORS Sneha Radha, Malathi Murugesan, Priscilla Rupali ABSTRACT Purpose of review: Recent attempts at mapping Typhoid epidemiology have revealed an enormous burden of disease in developing countries. Countries hitherto believed to have ...
Read moreSalmonellosis: A food borne zoonotic and public health disease in Egypt
AUTHORS Wafaa A Abd El-Ghany ABSTRACT Salmonellosis is an important food borne disease of public health significance. Global estimates of the disease burden shows more than 20 million cases and ...
Read moreHigh relatedness of invasive multi-drug resistant non-typhoidal Salmonella genotypes among patients and asymptomatic carriers in endemic informal settlements in Kenya
AUTHORS Samuel Kariuki, Cecilia Mbae, Sandra Van Puyvelde, Robert Onsare, Susan Kavai, Celestine Wairimu, Ronald Ngetich, John Clemens, Gordon Dougan ABSTRACT Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is a major public health challenge, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In ...
Read moreLarge Splenic Abscess Caused by Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in a Healthy Child Treated with Percutaneous Drainage
AUTHORS Hyun Woo Lee, Seung Beom Han ABSTRACT Splenic abscess occurs very rarely in healthy children. Although typhoid fever was the leading cause of splenic abscess in the pre-antibiotic era, Salmonella ...
Read moreEffects of KMnO4 amounts on antibacterial properties of activated carbon for efficient treatment of northern Benin hospital wastewater in a fixed bed column system
AUTHORS Odilon M Nonfodji, Jacques K Fatombi, Théodora A Ahoyo, Bawa Boya, Lamine S Baba-Moussa, Taofiki Aminou ABSTRACT In this study, the wastewater from the Departmental Hospital Center of Atacora in Benin was characterized and ...
Read moreHighly adaptable and sensitive FRET-based aptamer assay for the detection of Salmonella paratyphi A
AUTHORS Renuka Rm, Nikhil Maroli, Achuth J, Kolandaivel Ponmalai, Kadirvelu K ABSTRACT Here we demonstrate a facile and versatile fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) based aptasensor for rapid detection of Salmonella paratyphi A. The ...
Read moreRisk of Antimicrobial Resistant Non-Typhoidal Salmonella during Asymptomatic Infection Passage between Pet Dogs and Their Human Caregivers in Khon Kaen, Thailand
AUTHORS Xin Wu, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Allen L Richards, Chaiwat Pulsrikarn, Seri Khaengair, Amphone Keosengthong, Supatcharee Siriwong, Fanan Suksawat ABSTRACT To explore the risk of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) non-typhoidal Salmonella during asymptomatic infection passage ...
Read moreEvasion of MAIT cell recognition by the African Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 pathovar that causes invasive disease
AUTHORS Lorena Preciado-Llanes, Anna Aulicino, Rocío Canals, Patrick J Moynihan, Xiaojun Zhu, Ndaru Jambo, Tonney S Nyirenda, Innocent Kadwala, Ana Sousa Gerós, Siân V Owen, Kondwani C Jambo, Benjamin Kumwenda, Natacha Veerapen, Gurdyal S Besra, Melita A Gordon, Jay C ...
Read moreSalmonella enterica serovar Typhi exposure elicits ex vivo cell-type-specific epigenetic changes in human gut cells
AUTHORS M B Sztein, A C Bafford, Rosângela Salerno-Goncalves ABSTRACT Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) causes substantial morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly among young children. Humans develop an array of mucosal ...
Read moreTrends of Antimicrobial Resistance of Sepsis Pathogens at a University Hospital in New Delhi, India
AUTHORS Md Shamshir Alam, Prem Kapur, ParuKutty Pillai, Krishna Kolappa Pillai ABSTRACT Knowledge of the aetiological agents and its susceptibility to antimicrobial agents enables the clinician to initiate appropriate empirical antimicrobial therapy and ...
Read moreSerotypes, antibiotic resistance, and virulence genes of Salmonella in children with diarrhea
AUTHORS Meina Yue, Xiaoyu Li, Di Liu, Xue Hu ABSTRACT Background: Salmonella is an important foodborne pathogen that causes acute diarrhea in humans worldwide. This study analyzed the relationships of serotypes and antibiotic ...
Read moreProtection conferred by typhoid fever against recurrent typhoid fever in urban Kolkata
AUTHORS Justin Im, Md Taufiqul Islam, Deok Ryun Kim, Faisal Ahmmed, Yun Chon, K Zaman, Ashraful Islam Khan, Mohammad Ali, Dipika Sur, Suman Kanungo, Shanta Dutta, Sujit K Bhattacharya, Gordon Dougan, Kathryn E Holt, Florian Marks, Jerome H Kim, Firdausi Qadri, John D ...
Read moreEtiologic Agents of Fever of Unknown Origin Among Patients Attending Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar
AUTHORS Mohamed Ali Ali, Okafor Chukwuma James, Ahmed Abade Mohamed, Agricola Joachim, Marcelina Mubi, Oghenekaro Omodior ABSTRACT Background: Fever of unknown origin (FUO) remains an important public health problem. With malaria transmission declining in ...
Read moreA review on the origin of multidrug-resistant Salmonella and perspective of tailored phoP gene towards avirulence
AUTHORS Balasubramani Gangathraprabhu, Suganya Kannan, Geethanjali Santhanam, Nagaraja Suryadevara, Murugan Maruthamuthu ABSTRACT Salmonellosis continues to remain a health problem as the causative organism Salmonella spp. developed resistance to many of the antibiotics. As per ...
Read moreGenomic characterization of Salmonella Uzaramo for human invasive infection
AUTHORS Xuebin Xu, Yan Chen, Hang Pan, Zaiyuan Pang, Fang Li, Xianqi Peng, Abdelaziz Ed-Dra, Yan Li, Min Yue ABSTRACT Salmonella is composed of a wide variety of serovars, causing human self-limited gastrointestinal illnesses or invasive infections. ...
Read moreInternational travel and the risk of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) typhoid: issues and potential solutions
AUTHORS Zulfiqar A Bhutta, FRS ABSTRACT Despite significant progress in our understanding of the disease, its pathogenesis and risk factors, typhoid fever is still responsible for a significant global burden ...
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