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This article is about the bacteria. For the disease, see Salmonellosis.
Salmonella is a genus of rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria that causes typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, and foodborne illness.[1] Most Salmonella species are motile and produce hydrogen sulfide.[2]
HistoryThe genus Salmonella was named after Daniel Elmer Salmon, an American veterinary pathologist.[3] While Theobald Smith was the actual discoverer of the bacteria that causes hog cholera (Salmonella enterica var. Choleraesius), Salmon was the administrator of the USDA research program and thus the organism was named after him. AntibodiesSalmonella antibodies were first found in Malawi children in research published in 2008. The Malawian researchers have identified an antibody that protects children against bacterial infections of the blood caused by Salmonella. A study of 352 children at Blantyre's Queen Elizabeth hospital found that children up to two years old develop antibodies that aid in killing the bacteria. The researchers proposed that this could lead to a possible Salmonella vaccine.[4] See also
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