Genomic characterization of invasive typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella in southwestern Nigeria.
Odion O IkhimiukorAnderson O OaikhenaAyorinde O AfolayanAbayomi FadeyiAderemi KehindeVeronica O OgunleyeAaron O AboderinOyinlola O OduyeboCharles J ElikwuErkison Ewomazino OdihIfeoluwa KomolafeSilvia ArgimónAbiodun EgwuenuIni AdebiyiOluwadamilola A SadareTochi OkworMihir KekreAnthony UnderwoodChikwe IhekweazuDavid M AanensenIruka N OkekePublished in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2022)
Most invasive salmonelloses in southwest Nigeria are vaccine-preventable infections due to multidrug-resistant, West African dominant S. Typhi lineage 3.1.1. Invasive NTS serovars, including some harbouring typhoidal toxin or resistance genes, represented a third of the isolates emphasizing the need for better diagnosis and surveillance.