Signatures of adaptation in human invasive Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 populations from sub-Saharan Africa.

• Main Authors: Chinyere K Okoro (Author), Lars Barquist (Author), Thomas R Connor (Author), Simon R Harris (Author), Simon Clare (Author), Mark P Stevens (Author), Mark J Arends (Author), Christine Hale (Author), Leanne Kane (Author), Derek J Pickard (Author), Jennifer Hill (Author), Katherine Harcourt (Author), Julian Parkhill (Author), Gordon Dougan (Author), Robert A Kingsley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Two lineages of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium) of multi-locus sequence type ST313 have been linked with the emergence of invasive Salmonella disease across sub-Saharan Africa. The expansion of these lineages has a temporal association with the HIV pandemic and antibiotic us...