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Carriage prevalence of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in
                gallbladders of adult autopsy cases from Mozambique

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INTRODUCTION: Typhoid fever is an important public health
                problem in many low-income countries where asymptomatic carriers
                play an important role in its dissemination. The bacterium
                causing typhoid fever can live in the gallstones of asymptomatic
                persons after the infection. These carriers are reservoirs of S.
                Typhi, are highly contagious, and spread the disease through the
                secretion of bacteria in feces and urine. The aim of this study
                was to determine the carrier rate in an area of Mozambique.
                METHODOLOGY: The presence of S. Typhi was analyzed in
                gallbladder samples obtained from 99 adult corpses (in-hospital
                deaths) from Mozambique by gold-standard culture and polymerase
                chain reaction (PCR). RESULTS: Only one sample was positive with
                the culture. However, nine additional samples were positive by
                PCR and confirmed by DNA sequencing. Thus, the prevalence of S.
                Typhi was 10.1% (10/99). CONCLUSIONS: We report a high
                prevalence of S. Typhi in gallbladders among adult autopsy cases
                from Mozambique.

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The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

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Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2016, vol. 10,
                num. 4, p. 410-412

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Articles publicats en revistes (ISGlobal)

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Carriage prevalence of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi in
                gallbladders of adult autopsy cases from Mozambique