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The Epidemiology and Management of Non Typhoidal Salmonella Infections

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Non typhoidal salmonella (NTS) infections affect children all over the world. In well resourced countries they usually present as mild gastro-enteritis, which resolves in a few days without active treatment

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Chimalizeni, Y., Kawaza, K., Molyneux, E. (2010). The Epidemiology and Management of Non Typhoidal Salmonella Infections. In: Finn, A., Curtis, N., Pollard, A. (eds) Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children VI. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 659. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0981-7_3

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