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SUBMITTER: Liang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3446902 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liang Weili W Zhao Yongbing Y Chen Chunxia C Cui Xiaoying X Yu Jun J Xiao Jingfa J Kan Biao B
PloS one 20120919 9
Salmonella Paratyphi A (S. Paratyphi A) is a highly adapted, human-specific pathogen that causes paratyphoid fever. Cases of paratyphoid fever have recently been increasing, and the disease is becoming a major public health concern, especially in Eastern and Southern Asia. To investigate the genomic variation and evolution of S. Paratyphi A, a pan-genomic analysis was performed on five newly sequenced S. Paratyphi A strains and two other reference strains. A whole genome comparison revealed that ...[more]