Population structure and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella Typhi isolates in urban Dhaka, Bangladesh from 2004 to 2016.

BACKGROUND:Multi-drug resistant typhoid fever remains an enormous public health threat in low and middle-income countries. However, we still lack a detailed understanding of the epidemiology and genomics of S. Typhi in many regions. Here we have undertaken a detailed genomic analysis of typhoid in u...

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Main Authors: Sadia Isfat Ara Rahman, Zoe A Dyson, Elizabeth J Klemm, Farhana Khanam, Kathryn E Holt, Emran Kabir Chowdhury, Gordon Dougan, Firdausi Qadri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-02-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008036