Diversity of Salmonella enterica isolates from urban river and sewage water in Blantyre, Malawi
The study identified diverse Salmonella serovars in the environment, including those reported to cause invasive disease, emphasizing the complex but potentially valuable contribution of implementing environmental surveillance for Salmonella in high burden areas lacking diagnostic microbiology capacity.
Authors
- Nicholas Feasey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-1405)
- Chisomo Lawrence Msefula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2304-886X)
- Satheesh Nair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7297-1485)
- Allan Zuza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-5779)
- Oscar Kanjerwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5472-0535)
- Jay C. D. Hinton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2671-6026)
- Oliver Pearse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6285-0893)
- Jonathan Rigby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-0981)
- Patrick Musicha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7780-2173)
- Mathew A. Beale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4740-3187)
- Katalina Tonthola
- Blanca M. Perez-Sepulveda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2891-4010)
- Chifundo Salifu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6619-1286)
- Charity Mkwanda
- Catherine N. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7150-3081)
- Nicola Elviss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9693-7700)
- Yohane Diness
Institutions
- National Security Agency (US)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme (MW)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
- Queen's Hospital (GB)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
- Imperial College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012413
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Wellcome Trust