Homologous and heterologous re-challenge with Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A in a randomised controlled human infection model.

Enteric fever is a systemic infection caused by Salmonella Typhi or Paratyphi A. In many endemic areas, these serovars co-circulate and can cause multiple infection-episodes in childhood. Prior exposure is thought to confer partial, but incomplete, protection against subsequent attacks of enteric fe...

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Main Authors: Malick M Gibani, Celina Jin, Sonu Shrestha, Maria Moore, Lily Norman, Merryn Voysey, Elizabeth Jones, Luke Blackwell, Helena Thomaides-Brears, Jennifer Hill, Christoph J Blohmke, Hazel C Dobinson, Philip Baker, Claire Jones, Danielle Campbell, Yama F Mujadidi, Emma Plested, Lorena Preciado-Llanes, Giorgio Napolitani, Alison Simmons, Melita A Gordon, Brian Angus, Thomas C Darton, Vincenzo Cerundulo, Andrew J Pollard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008783