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Ashton, Philip M, Owen, Siân V, Kaindama, Lukeki, Rowe, Will P M, Lane, Chris R, Larkin, Lesley, Nair, Satheesh, Jenkins, Claire, de Pinna, Elizabeth M, Feasey, Nicholas 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-1405, Hinton, Jay C D and Dallman, Timothy J
(2017)
'Public health surveillance in the UK revolutionises our understanding of the invasive Salmonella Typhimurium epidemic in Africa.'. Genome Medicine, Vol 9, Issue 1, p. 92.
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Abstract
The ST313 sequence type of Salmonella Typhimurium causes invasive non-typhoidal salmonellosis and was thought to be confined to sub-Saharan Africa. Two distinct phylogenetic lineages of African ST313 have been identified. We analysed the whole genome sequences of S. Typhimurium isolates from UK patients that were generated following the introduction of routine whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of Salmonella enterica by Public Health England in 2014. We found that 2.7% (84/3147) of S. Typhimurium from patients in England and Wales were ST313 and were associated with gastrointestinal infection. Phylogenetic analysis revealed novel diversity of ST313 that distinguished UK-linked gastrointestinal isolates from African-associated extra-intestinal isolates. The majority of genome degradation of African ST313 lineage 2 was conserved in the UK-ST313, but the African lineages carried a characteristic prophage and antibiotic resistance gene repertoire. These findings suggest that a strong selection pressure exists for certain horizontally acquired genetic elements in the African setting. One UK-isolated lineage 2 strain that probably originated in Kenya carried a chromosomally located bla CTX-M-15, demonstrating the continual evolution of this sequence type in Africa in response to widespread antibiotic usage. The discovery of ST313 isolates responsible for gastroenteritis in the UK reveals new diversity in this important sequence type. This study highlights the power of routine WGS by public health agencies to make epidemiologically significant deductions that would be missed by conventional microbiological methods. We speculate that the niche specialisation of sub-Saharan African ST313 lineages is driven in part by the acquisition of accessory genome elements.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | QU Biochemistry > QU 4 General works QV Pharmacology > Toxicology > General Toxicology > QV 600 General works QW Microbiology and Immunology > QW 50 Bacteria (General). Bacteriology. Archaea |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-017-0480-7 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Depositing User: | Stacy Murtagh |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2017 17:01 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2017 14:24 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/7812 |
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