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Variable carbon catabolism among Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Chai Lay Ching, Kong Boon Hong, Elemfareji Omar Ismail, Thong Kwai Lin
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) is strictly a human intracellular pathogen. It causes acute systemic (typhoid fever) and chronic infections that result in long-term asymptomatic human carriage. S. Typhi displays diverse disease manifestations in human infection and exhibits high clonality. The principal factors underlying the unique lifestyle of S. Typhi in its human host during acute and...
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