ASM Oral Presentation Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting 2025

Genetic heterogeneity in the Salmonella Typhi Vi capsule locus: a population genomic study from Fiji (121115)

Aneley Getahun Strobel 1 2 , Andrew J Hayes 1 , Wytamma Wirth 1 3 , Mikaele Mua 4 , Tiko Saumalua 5 , Orisi Cabenatabua 4 , Vika Soqo 4 , Varanisese Rosa 6 , Ashwini Vinod 7 , Yogeshni Chandra 7 , Nancy Wang 1 , Jake A Lacey 3 , Dianna Hocking 1 , Mary Valcanis 3 , Adam Jenney 2 6 8 , Benjamin P Howden 3 9 , Sebastian Duchene 1 10 , Kim Mulholland 6 11 , Richard A Strugnel 1 , Mark R Davies 1
  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
  2. College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Fiji National University, Suva, Fiji
  3. Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
  4. Labasa Divisional Hospital, Fiji Ministry of Health, and Medical Services, Labasa, Fiji
  5. Northern Health, Fiji Ministry of Health, and Medical Services, Labasa, Fiji
  6. New Vaccines Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
  7. Lautoka Hospital, Aspen Medical Health Care Fiji limited, Lautoka, Fiji
  8. Department of Infectious Diseases, The Alfred Hospital and Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
  9. Centre for Pathogen Genomics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
  10. Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
  11. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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