Health
How Salmonella Made the Leap From Gut to Bloodstream – Technology Networks
Researchers have uncovered the evolutionary journey of Salmonella species over 50 years, and they may have discovered a new lineage along the way.
University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and epidemiology to understand how a type of Salmonella bacteria evolved to kill hundreds of thousands of immunocompromised people in Africa.
Bloodstream infections caused by a drug-resistant type of Salmonella Typhimurium called ST313 are a major public health concern in Africa, where the disease is endemic and causes ~50,000 deaths each year. What was missing was an understanding of the timing of the major evolutionary…
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