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Emergence of Genotype 2.3.1 Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Strain, West Africa, 2021–2025

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Since 2021, a genotype 2.3.1, ciprofloxacin-resistant, multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi strain increasingly has been detected in persons returning from West Africa. This strain locally acquired 2 different MDR plasmids over a ≈25-year period, underwent chromosomal integration of the IncHI1 plasmid MDR region, and finally acquired a gyrA mutation.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid3210.260813

Authors: Elisabeth Njamkepo, Maria Pardos de la Gandara, Carolina Silva Nodari, Alexandra Moura, François-Xavier Weill

Institutions: Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité

Language: English

Topic: Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7213897994

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