Genetic Susceptibility to Enteric Fever in Experimentally Challenged Human Volunteers
Barton A., Hill J., Bibi S., Chen L., Jones C., Jones E., Camara S., Shrestha S., Jin C., Gibani MM., Dobinson H., Waddington C., Darton TC., Blohmke CJ., Pollard AJ.
Infections with Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A cause an estimated 14 million cases of enteric fever annually. Here, the controlled nature of challenge studies is exploited to identify genetic variants associated with enteric fever susceptibility.