Whole-Genome Sequences and Comparative Genomics of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates from Patients with Fatal and Nonfatal Typhoid Fever in Papua New Guinea

• Main Authors: Baddam, Ramani, Thong, Kwai Lin, Avasthi, Tiruvayipati Suma, Shaik, Sabiha, Yap, Kien Pong, Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju, Chai, Lay Ching, Kumarasamy, Narender, Ahmed, Niyaz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10643/1/00004462_82648.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10643/; https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.01051-12

Many of the developing countries of the Southeast Asian region are significantly affected by endemic typhoid fever, possibly as a result of marginal living standards. It is an important public health problem in countries such as Papua New Guinea, which is geographically close to some of the foci of...