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Typhoid in Kenya is associated with a dominant multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi haplotype that is also widespread in Southeast Asia.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2010
Kariuki Samuel, Revathi Gunturu, Kiiru John, Mengo Doris M, Mwituria Joyce, Muyodi Jane, Munyalo Agnes, Teo Yik Y, Holt Kathryn E, Kingsley Robert A, Dougan Gordon
Abstract excerpt
In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, remains largely unknown, in part because of a lack of blood or bone marrow culture facilities. We characterized a total of 323 S. Typhi isolates from outbreaks in Kenya over the period 1988 to 2008 for antimicrobial susceptibilities and phylogenetic relationships using single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis....
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