Molecular analysis of clonally related Salmonella Typhi recovered from epidemiologically unrelated cases of typhoid fever, Brazil

Typhoid fever is a systemic disease caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), clinically characterized in its most severe phase due to fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation or diarrhea. Mortality rates for typhoid fever remain high in population in Asia, especially in the Indian subcontinent (Crump and Mintz, 2010). Typhoid fever remains endemic in regions of limited access to sanitary conditions, and the transmission occurs through consumption of water and food contaminated by feces or urine of infected people (Parry and Threlfall, 2008; Sharma et al., 2016; Wong et al., 2016).
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research