Genomic insights into the role of Salmonella Typhi carriers in antimicrobial resistance and typhoid transmission in Urban Kenya

• Susan M. Kavai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ssnkavai8@gmail.com, skavai@kemri.go.ke

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4617-9985

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• Winnie C. Mutai,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Cecilia Mbae,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Kelvin Kering,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Ronald Ng’etich,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Peter Muturi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Collins Kigen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research- Africa, Kericho, Kenya

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• Mike Mugo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Diana Imoli,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Celestine Wairimu,

  Roles Data curation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Samuel Kariuki

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, Nairobi, Kenya

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