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Potential Sources and Transmission of Salmonella and Antimicrobial Resistance in Kampala, Uganda.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Afema Josephine A, Byarugaba Denis K, Shah Devendra H, Atukwase Esther, Nambi Maria, Sischo William M
Abstract excerpt
In sub‒Saharan Africa, non‒typhoidal Salmonellae (NTS) cause invasive disease particularly in children and HIV infected adults, but the disease epidemiology is poorly understood. Between 2012 and 2013, we investigated NTS sources and transmission in Kampala. We detected Salmonella in 60% of the influent and 60% of the effluent samples from a wastewater treatment plant and 53.3% of the influent and 10% of the...
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