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SUBMITTER: Yap KP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3430317 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yap Kien-Pong KP Teh Cindy Shuan Ju CS Baddam Ramani R Chai Lay-Ching LC Kumar Narender N Avasthi Tiruvayipati Suma TS Ahmed Niyaz N Thong Kwai-Lin KL
Journal of bacteriology 20120901 18
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi is the causative agent of typhoid fever, which causes nearly 21.7 million illnesses and 217,000 deaths globally. Herein, we describe the whole-genome sequence of the Salmonella Typhi strain ST0208, isolated from a sporadic case of typhoid fever in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The whole-genome sequence and comparative genomics allow an in-depth understanding of the genetic diversity, and its link to pathogenicity and evolutionary dynamics, of this highly clonal pathog ...[more]