Genomics for public health and international surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

KS Baker, E Jauneikaite, KL Hopkins, SW Lo… - The Lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Historically, epidemiological investigation and surveillance for bacterial antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) has relied on low-resolution isolate-based phenotypic analyses …

Prevalence and Antimicrobial‐Resistant Features of Shigella Species in East Africa from 2015–2022: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

B Ayele, G Beyene, M Alemayehu… - Interdisciplinary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Shigellosis is the most common cause of epidemic dysentery found worldwide,
particularly in developing countries, where it causes infant diarrhea and mortality. The …

Microbiological Methods Used in the Enterics for Global Health Shigella Surveillance Study

BA Horne, H Badji, MTR Bhuiyan… - Open Forum …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Shigella is a major cause of diarrhea in young children worldwide. Multiple
vaccines targeting Shigella are in development, and phase 3 clinical trials are imminent to …

Tail-engineered phage P2 enables delivery of antimicrobials into multiple gut pathogens

J Fa-Arun, YW Huan, E Darmon, B Wang - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bacteriophages can be reprogrammed to deliver antimicrobials for therapeutic and
biocontrol purposes and are a promising alternative treatment to antimicrobial-resistant …

Phylogenomic analysis of Salmonella Indiana ST17, an emerging MDR clonal group in China

RY Sun, WY Guo, JX Zhang, MG Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To reconstruct the genomic epidemiology and evolution of MDR Salmonella
Indiana in China. Methods A total of 108 Salmonella Indiana strains were collected from …

The genomic epidemiology of shigellosis in South Africa

GE Stenhouse, KH Keddy, RJ Bengtsson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Shigellosis, a leading cause of diarrhoeal mortality and morbidity globally, predominantly
affects children under five years of age living in low-and middle-income countries. While …

Shigella Serotypes Associated With Carriage in Humans Establish Persistent Infection in Zebrafish

V Torraca, D Brokatzky, SL Miles… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Shigella represents a paraphyletic group of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. More than 40
Shigella serotypes have been reported. However, most cases within the men who have sex …

[HTML][HTML] The role of O-antigen in P1 transduction of Shigella flexneri and Escherichia coli with its alternative S'tail fibre

YW Huan, J Fa-Arun, B Wang - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Enterobacteria phage P1 expresses two types of tail fibre, S and S'. Despite the wide usage
of phage P1 for transduction, the host range and the receptor for its alternative S'tail fibre …

Recent advances in electrochemical aptasensors and genosensors for the detection of pathogens

R Nazari-Vanani, M Negahdary - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, pathogenic microorganisms have caused significant mortality rates and
antibiotic resistance and triggered exorbitant healthcare costs. These pathogens often have …

Incidence of Asymptomatic Shigella Infection and Association with the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure among Children Aged 1–24 Months in Low …

S Nasrin, MA Haque, P Palit, R Das, M Mahfuz… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Asymptomatic or subclinical infection by diarrheal enteropathogens during childhood has
been linked to poor health and nutritional outcomes. In this study, we aimed to assess the …