Monday 1 October 2012

In Sub-Saharan Africa New Pathogen Epidemic Identified

The emergence and spread of a rapidly evolving invasive intestinal disease, that has a significant mortality rate (up to 45%) in infected people in sub-Saharan Africa, seems to have been potentiated by the HIV epidemic in Africa reveals a new study. The team found that invasive non-Typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is caused by a new form of the bacteria iSalmonella Typhimurium/i that has spread from two different focal hubs in Southern and Central Africa ...

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