A multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica Typhimurium DT104 complex lineage circulating among humans and cattle in the United States lost the ability to produce pertussis-like toxin ArtAB
L. M. Carroll, N. Piacenza, R. A. Cheng, M. Wiedmann, C. Guldimann
The paper identifies a multidrug-resistant Salmonella DT104 lineage lacking the ArtAB toxin, circulating in humans and cattle in the U.S., and shows it lost these genes around 1985-1987.
bioRxiv · Apr 6, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology