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. 2016 Oct 5;7:12827. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12827

Table 1. Summary of 1,831 S. Typhi.

Continent (region) Country of origin (n⩾5) Range of isolation dates (years) Number of isolates
Asia   1972–2012 1068 (58.3%)
 Southeast Asia   1976–2012 719
  Cambodia 2007–2012 210
  Indonesia 1976–2012 129
  Laos 2000–2010 138
  Vietnam 1972–2011 221
  Malaysia 2005–2011 6
  Other (Philippines, Thailand, East Timor, Myanmar) 2002–2012 15
 South Asia   1977–2012 321
  Bangladesh 1998–2012 51
  India 1977–2012 174
  Nepal 1999–2012 47
  Pakistan 2003–2012 45
  Other (Sri Lanka, Afghanistan) 2001–2012 4
 Western Asia   1997–2011 25
  Iraq 2006–2011 11
  Lebanon 2001–2011 7
  Other (Armenia, Palestine, Turkey, Western Asia) 1997–2011 7
 Eastern Asia   2002–2011 3
  Other (China) 2002–2011 3
       
Africa   1958–2013 374 (20.4%)
 North Africa   1961–2009 24
  Algeria 1999–2009 7
  Morocco 1999–2000 9
  Other (Sudan, Egypt, Tunisia) 1961–2008 8
 East Africa   1980–2010 115
  Kenya 1998–2009 56
  Tanzania 2006–2010 52
  Other (Comoros, Madagascar) 1980–2002 7
 Central Africa   1958–2011 49
  Cameroon 1958–2009 27
  DRC 1976–2011 17
  Other (Angola, Central African Republic) 2001–2009 5
 West Africa   1998–2009 30
  Other (Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Benin, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo) 1998–2009 30
 Southern Africa   2004–2013 153
  Malawi 2004–2013 112
  South Africa 2004–2012 41
 Africa   2009–2012 3
  Unknown 2009–2012 3
       
Europe   1916–2009 7 (0.4%)
 Eastern Europe   1916–1996 2
  Other (Russia) 1916–1996 2
 Western Europe   2009 4
  Other (France (suspected African origin of infection)) 2009 4
 Southern Europe   2009 1
  Other (Malta) 2009 1
       
Australia and Oceania   1980–2012 342 (18.7%)
 Australia   2010–2012 3
  Australia 2010–2012 3
 Oceania   1980–2012 339
  Fiji 1981–2012 170
  Samoa 1992–2012 117
  Papua New Guinea 1980–2012 47
  Other (Tonga, Vanuatu) 1980–2003 5
       
North America   1958–2011 5 (0.3%)
  Other (USA, Mexico) 1958–2011 5
       
Central America   2012 1 (0.05%)
  Other (El Salvador) 2012 1
       
South America   1905–2012 17 (0.9%)
  Argentina 1905–2006 10
  Other (French Guiana, Peru, South America ) 2002–2012 6
Unknown origin   1939–2012 19 (1.0%)

S. Typhi, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi.

Typhi isolates from the global collection, which were used to define genotypes. Countries with fewer than five isolates were grouped into the category ‘Other'; n indicates the number of such countries in each region.