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Transmission of Salmonella in Africa

Reference	BBS/OS/GC/000009D
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Neil Hall
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Kate Baker, Professor Jay Hinton
Institution	Earlham Institute
Department	Earlham Institute Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	195,190
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	19/10/2016
End date	31/07/2017
Duration	9 months

Abstract

Africa is currently experiencing an epidemic of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonellosis (iNTS), a disease that is killing 388,000 each year in sub-Saharan Africa (Ao et al., 2015). The disease targets susceptible HIV-positive, malarial, anaemic or malnourished individuals, kills approximately 20% of infected children and 50% of adults, and is now a major health problem in low-income regions. A key question is how the Salmonella bacteria are transmitted at such high levels in Africa. The iNTS disease is associated with rural populations, and so the transmission routes associated with European Salmonella infection may not be relevant. This project will generate genomic information from human infections that can be compared to the data from the ongoing efforts to characterise zoonotic and environmental strains, and therefore elucidate the reservoir of infection. This information will enable better public health control strategies in Africa

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Microbial Food Safety, Microbiology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	GCRF National Institutes of Bioscience Data and Resources (GCRF NIBDR) [2016]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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