Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Variants in Long-Term Carriers

Chien‐Shun Chiou, Hsiao-Lun Wei, Jung‐Jung Mu, Ying-Shu Liao, Shiu-Yun Liang, Chun‐Hsing Liao, Chi-Sen Tsao, Shu-Chuan Wang

Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2012 · 18 citations · 12 references

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Long-term typhoid carriers can simultaneously excrete Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi variants with considerable genetic differences, a situation that complicates the interpretation of the subtyping data used in outbreak investigations and disease surveillance.

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