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Detection of <i>Salmonella</i> Typhi and <i>bla</i> <sub>CTX-M</sub> Genes in Drinking Water, Wastewater, and Environmental Biofilms in Sindh Province, Pakistan
2024-04-15
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Typhoid fever poses a significant public health risk, particularly in low- and middle-income countries where access to clean water and improved sanitation may be limited. In Pakistan, this risk is especially serious given the emergence of an extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi strain, a strain attributed to S . Typhi acquisition of the bla CTX-M-15 gene. The now-dominant XDR S . Typhi strain, non...
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- Literature Corpus work
- affacac7-f31d-57d8-b750-b46fa45867f4
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.04.14.24305762
