Identification of immunogenic Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi antigens expressed in chronic biliary carriers of S. Typhi in Kathmandu, Nepal.

• Autores principales: Richelle C Charles (Autor), Tania Sultana (Autor), Mohammad Murshid Alam (Autor), Yanan Yu (Autor), Ying Wu-Freeman (Autor), Meagan Kelly Bufano (Autor), Sean M Rollins (Autor), Lillian Tsai (Autor), Jason B Harris (Autor), Regina C LaRocque (Autor), Daniel T Leung (Autor), W Abdullah Brooks (Autor), Tran Vu Thieu Nga (Autor), Sabina Dongol (Autor), Buddha Basnyat (Autor), Stephen B Calderwood (Autor), Jeremy Farrar (Autor), Farhana Khanam (Autor), John S Gunn (Autor), Firdausi Qadri (Autor), Stephen Baker (Autor), Edward T Ryan (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi can colonize and persist in the biliary tract of infected individuals, resulting in a state of asymptomatic chronic carriage. Chronic carriers may act as persistent reservoirs of infection within a community and may introduce infection to susceptible ind...