Virulence of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 in animal models of infection.

• Main Authors: Girish Ramachandran (Author), Aruna Panda (Author), Ellen E Higginson (Author), Eugene Ateh (Author), Michael M Lipsky (Author), Sunil Sen (Author), Courtney A Matson (Author), Jasnehta Permala-Booth (Author), Louis J DeTolla (Author), Sharon M Tennant (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type (ST) 313 produces septicemia in infants in sub-Saharan Africa. Although there are known genetic and phenotypic differences between ST313 strains and gastroenteritis-associated ST19 strains, conflicting data about the in vivo virulence of ST313 strains have been r...