High genetic similarity between non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from paired blood and stool samples of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Marie-France PhobaBarbara BarbéBenedikt LeySandra Van PuyveldeAnnelies PostWesley MattheusStijn DeborggraeveOctavie LunguyaJan Jacobs

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2020)

Nearly 30% of children with NTS bloodstream infection showed stool excretion of an NTS isolate with high genetic similarity, adding to the evidence of humans as a potential reservoir for NTS.

Keyphrases

young adults
genome wide
copy number
risk assessment
klebsiella pneumoniae
climate change
multidrug resistant
human health
listeria monocytogenes