Detecting residual chronic Salmonella Typhi carriers on the road to typhoid elimination in Santiago, Chile, 2017-2019.
Rosanna M LagosMichael J SikorskiJuan Carlos HormazábalAlda FernandezSergio DuarteMarcela F PasettiDavid A RaskoEllen HigginsonJoseph NkezeIrene N KasumbaGordon DouganMailis MaesAndrew LeesSharon M TennantMyron M LevinePublished in: The Journal of infectious diseases (2023)
Although autochthonous typhoid cases in Santiago are currently rare, 5/16 such cases (31.3%) were linked to elderly chronic carriers identified among household contacts of cases.