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Case-control investigation of invasive Salmonella disease in Malawi reveals no evidence of environmental or animal transmission of invasive strains, and supports human to human transmission
2022-02-02
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<h4>Background</h4> Invasive Salmonella infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the routes of transmission are uncertain. We conducted a case-control study of index-case and geographically-matched control households in Blantyre, Malawi, sampling Salmonella isolates from index cases, healthy people, animals, and the household environment. <h4>Methodology</h4> Sixty index...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1d562efe-553b-57bd-907e-3a02d0378b10
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.01.31.22270114
