Open AccessInvestigation into a community outbreak of Salmonella Typhi in Bengaluru, India
Author(s) -
Swathi Purighalla,
Saritha Esakimuthu,
Mallika Reddy,
Tara Seth,
Sunita D Patil,
George Varghese,
D Raghunath,
Vijay Samuel Richard,
Vasan K. Sambandamurthy
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1201_16
Subject(s) - outbreak , salmonella typhi , typhoid fever , biology , intergenic region , genotype , salmonella , typing , salmonella enterica , virology , dna profiling , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , genetics , medicine , bacteria , escherichia coli , genome , gene , dna
Outbreaks of infection due to Salmonella enterica servovar Typhi (S. Typhi) are a great threat to public health. A rapid molecular typing method to characterize strains implicated in an outbreak is critical in implementing appropriate control measures. This study was done to demonstrate the power of a PCR-based method to provide rapid insights into the genetic relatedness amongst the Salmonella isolates implicated in a suspected typhoid fever outbreak.