Oral Challenge with Wild-Type Salmonella Typhi Induces Distinct Changes in B Cell Subsets in Individuals Who Develop Typhoid Disease.

• Main Authors: Franklin R Toapanta (Author), Paula J Bernal (Author), Stephanie Fresnay (Author), Laurence S Magder (Author), Thomas C Darton (Author), Claire Jones (Author), Claire S Waddington (Author), Christoph J Blohmke (Author), Brian Angus (Author), Myron M Levine (Author), Andrew J Pollard (Author), Marcelo B Sztein (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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A novel human oral challenge model with wild-type Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) was recently established by the Oxford Vaccine Group. In this model, 104 CFU of Salmonella resulted in 65% of participants developing typhoid fever (referred here as typhoid diagnosis -TD-) 6-9 days post-challenge. TD was...