Molecular analysis of Salmonella paratyphi A from an outbreak in New Delhi, India

• Main Authors: Thong, Kwai Lin, Nair, S., Chaudhry, R., Seth, P., Kapil, A., Kumar, D., Kapoor, H., Puthucheary, S.D., Pang, T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10013/1/Thong_et_al.%2C_1998%283%29.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10013/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In the context of emerging infectious diseases, enteric fever caused by Salmonella paratyphi A deserves increased attention and vigilance, although its severity is often milder than that of S. typhi disease. Outbreaks associated with this organism are exceedingly rare but have recently been reported...