South Asia as a reservoir for the global spread of ciprofloxacin resistant Shigella sonnei
Hao Chung The, Maia A Rabaa, Duy Pham Thanh, Niall De Lappe, Martin Cormican, Benjamin P Howden, Sonam Wangchuk, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Carl Jeffries, To Nguyen Thi Nguyen, Duong Vu Thuy, Corinne N Thompson, Nguyen Phu Huong Lan, Phat Voong Vinh, Tuyen Ha Thanh, , Stephen Baker
This study identifies South Asia as the primary source of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei, showing a single clonal emergence event driving global spread.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2016Microbiology