One Health (Dec 2024)
Salmonella carriage by geckos detected within households in Malawi
- Catherine N. Wilson,
- Patrick Musicha,
- Mathew A. Beale,
- Yohane Diness,
- Oscar Kanjerwa,
- Chifundo Salifu,
- Zefaniah Katuah,
- Patricia Duncan,
- John Nyangu,
- Andrew Mungu,
- Muonaouza Deleza,
- Lawrence Banda,
- Lumbani Makhaza,
- Nicola Elviss,
- Christopher P. Jewell,
- Gina Pinchbeck,
- Nicholas R. Thomson,
- Nicholas A. Feasey,
- Eric M. Fèvre
Affiliations
- Catherine N. Wilson
- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK; Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK; The Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge, UK; Corresponding authors at: Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK.
- Patrick Musicha
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Mathew A. Beale
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK
- Yohane Diness
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Oscar Kanjerwa
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Chifundo Salifu
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Zefaniah Katuah
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Patricia Duncan
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Animal Heath and Production, Malawi
- John Nyangu
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Animal Heath and Production, Malawi
- Andrew Mungu
- Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Department of Animal Heath and Production, Malawi
- Muonaouza Deleza
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Lawrence Banda
- Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bunda, Lilongwe, Malawi
- Lumbani Makhaza
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi
- Nicola Elviss
- UK Health Security Agency, London, UK
- Christopher P. Jewell
- Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK
- Gina Pinchbeck
- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK
- Nicholas R. Thomson
- Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK; The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
- Nicholas A. Feasey
- Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Programme, Blantyre, Malawi; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK; The School of Medicine, University of Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
- Eric M. Fèvre
- Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK; International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 19
p. 100848
Abstract
Salmonella was isolated from 23/79 (29.1%) pooled gecko stool samples from households in southern Malawi. Whole genome sequencing of 47 individual isolates within this collection revealed 27 Salmonella serovars spanning two subspecies. Our results demonstrate that geckos play an important role in the carriage of Salmonella within households.
