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Detection of Vi-Negative <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Typhi in the Peripheral Blood of Patients with Typhoid Fever in the Faisalabad Region of Pakistan
1 Sept 2005
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The synthesis and transportation proteins of the Vi capsular polysaccharide of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (serovar Typhi) are encoded by the viaB operon, which resides on a 134-kb pathogenicity island known as SPI-7. In recent years, Vi-negative strains of serovar Typhi have been reported in regions where typhoid fever is endemic. However, because Vi negativity can arise during in vitro passage, the...
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