Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella typhimurium ST313 are not host-restricted and have an invasive phenotype in experimentally infected chickens.

• Main Authors: Bryony N Parsons (Author), Suzanne Humphrey (Author), Anne Marie Salisbury (Author), Julia Mikoleit (Author), Jay C D Hinton (Author), Melita A Gordon (Author), Paul Wigley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Sequence Type (ST) 313 is a major cause of invasive non-Typhoidal salmonellosis in sub-Saharan Africa. No animal reservoir has been identified, and it has been suggested that ST313 is adapted to humans and transmission may occur via person-to-person spread. He...