A new, multi-drug resistant strain of salmonella discovered in Africa is spreading and affecting the weakened immune systems of HIV positive individuals on the continent, according to a recent study. The study was conducted in Malawi by scientists from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and built on past research that ascertained that the African salmonella strain is quite aggressive and genetically resembles the strain of salmonella that causes typhoid fever.
Salmonella is a public health threat all over the world, and is often transmitted through bacteria in contaminated food. Salmonella found in developed countries causes diarrhoea, and is usually not dangerous for the average person. The type of Salmonella that causes typhoid fever is caused by bad sanitation and is more harmful and is found in less developed countries.
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