Diagnostic metabolite biomarkers of chronic typhoid carriage.

Elin NäsströmPär JonssonAnders JohanssonSabina DongolAbhilasha KarkeyBuddha BasnyatNga Tran Vu ThieuTan Trinh VanGuy E ThwaitesHenrik AnttiStephen Baker

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2018)

Our novel approach has highlighted the potential of using metabolomics to search for diagnostic markers of chronic Salmonella carriage. We suggest further epidemiological investigations of these potential biomarkers in alternative endemic enteric fever settings.

Keyphrases

escherichia coli
mass spectrometry
risk assessment