Evaluation of an electricity-free, culture-based approach for detecting typhoidal Salmonella bacteremia during enteric fever in a high burden, resource-limited setting.

• Main Authors: Jason R Andrews (Author), Krishna G Prajapati (Author), Elizabeth Eypper (Author), Poojan Shrestha (Author), Mila Shakya (Author), Kamal R Pathak (Author), Niva Joshi (Author), Priyanka Tiwari (Author), Manisha Risal (Author), Samir Koirala (Author), Abhilasha Karkey (Author), Sabina Dongol (Author), Shawn Wen (Author), Amy B Smith (Author), Duncan Maru (Author), Buddha Basnyat (Author), Stephen Baker (Author), Jeremy Farrar (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author), Elizabeth Hohmann (Author), Amit Arjyal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In many rural areas at risk for enteric fever, there are few data on Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhi (S. Typhi) and Paratyphi (S. Paratyphi) incidence, due to limited laboratory capacity for microbiologic culture. Here, we describe an approach that permits recovery of the causative agents of ent...