Ancient typhoid epidemic reveals possible ancestral strain of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 126-127

  Papagrigorakis, Manolis J ^a   Synodinos, Philippos N ^a   Yapijakis, Christos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epidemic disease; Microbial evolution; Salmonella; Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; GREECE; HISTORY; HOST; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; SKELETON; TYPHOID FEVER;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANIMALIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 33845247985     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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