Enhancing control of enteric bacteria through pathogen genomics

Grant number: 1195210 | Funding period: 2021 - 2025

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Abstract

Bacteria part of the Enterobacteriaceae family are responsible for causing significant enteric disease in Australia and internationally. Compounding the public health threat posed by these enteric bacteria is the rise in antimicrobial resistance, which limits treatment options. This project has three complementary research objectives; 1) to investigate new control strategies; 2) to better understand outbreak dynamics and; 3) to explore how bacteria are causing new disease in humans.

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Typhoid fever is an invasive bacterial disease of humans that disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries. Antimic..

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Evolutionary dynamics of multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- in Australia

Danielle J Ingle, Rebecca L Ambrose, Sarah L Baines, Sebastian Duchene, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Darren YJ Lee, Miriam Jones, Mary Valcanis, George Taiaroa, Susan A Ballard, Martyn D Kirk, Benjamin P Howden, Jaclyn S Pearson, Deborah A Williamson

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Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- (Salmonella 4,[5],12:i:-) is a monophasic variant of Salmonella Typhimurium that has emer..

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