Laboratory and molecular surveillance of paediatric typhoidal Salmonella in Nepal: Antimicrobial resistance and implications for vaccine policy.

• Main Authors: Carl D Britto (Author), Zoe A Dyson (Author), Sebastian Duchene (Author), Michael J Carter (Author), Meeru Gurung (Author), Dominic F Kelly (Author), David R Murdoch (Author), Imran Ansari (Author), Stephen Thorson (Author), Shrijana Shrestha (Author), Neelam Adhikari (Author), Gordon Dougan (Author), Kathryn E Holt (Author), Andrew J Pollard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Children are substantially affected by enteric fever in most settings with a high burden of the disease, including Nepal. However pathogen population structure and transmission dynamics are poorly delineated in young children, the proposed target group for immunization programs. Here we present whol...