“…The S. Typhimurium serovar causes two-thirds of iNTS in sub-Saharan Africa, and phylogenetic analysis has revealed that the bacteria represent a distinct pathovariant that is multidrug resistant and belongs to a specific multi-locus sequence type, S. Typhimurium Sequence Type 313 (ST313) [Kingsley et al, 2009;Okoro et al, 2012;Canals et al, 2019;Van Puyvelde et al, 2019]. Recent studies have addressed the abilities of the ST313 bacteria to disseminate systemically, as well as their capacity to survive intracellularly in various experimental models, including macrophages [Herrero-Fresno et al, 2014;Carden et al, 2015;Ramachandran et al, 2015;Singletary et al, 2016;Lacharme-Lora et al, 2019].…”