Fight against drug-resistant typhoid aided by new genomic resource

  • Typhi Pathogenwatch is a new online resource created to assist in the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella Typhi. 
  • Genomic data is made rapidly available through the program and can be easily accessed by public health officials across the globe. 
  • The resource helps facilitate early intervention in countries where such elaborate genomic data was previously not often available.