Spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analyses of epidemiologic data to help understand the modes of transmission of endemic typhoid fever in Samoa
Michael J. Sikorski, Jianguo Ma, Tracy H. Hazen, Sachin N. Desai, Siaosi Tupua, Susana Nimarota-Brown, Michelle Sialeipata, Savitra Devi Rambocus, Susan A. Ballard, Mary Valcanis, Robert E. Thomsen, Roy Michael Robins-Browne, Benjamin P. Howden, Take K. Naseri, Myron M. Levine, David A. Rasko
This study analyzes spatial-temporal and phylogenetic data from typhoid fever cases in Samoa to identify transmission patterns and the role of asymptomatic carriers.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases · Oct 17, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine