Genomic characterisation of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica Subspecies enterica Serovar Bovismorbificans isolates from Malawi.

• Main Authors: Christina Bronowski (Author), Maria C Fookes (Author), Ruth Gilderthorp (Author), Kevin E Ashelford (Author), Simon R Harris (Author), Amos Phiri (Author), Neil Hall (Author), Melita A Gordon (Author), John Wain (Author), Charles A Hart (Author), Paul Wigley (Author), Nicholas R Thomson (Author), Craig Winstanley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Invasive Non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) are an important cause of bacteraemia in children and HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa. Previous research has shown that iNTS strains exhibit a pattern of gene loss that resembles that of host adapted serovars such as Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi A...