title: International collaboration tracks typhoid fever cases over two continents from South Africa to Australia.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.|Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Anthony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.|Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Karen H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Keddy
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.|Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Husna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.affiliation: Outbreak Response Unit, NICD, a division of the NHLS, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Juno
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Health and Social Development Department, Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van der Grÿp
authors.affiliation: South African Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, NICD, a division of the NHLS Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Morubula J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Manamela
authors.affiliation: NHLS (Northern Branch), Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: Mmampedi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huma
authors.affiliation: Enteric Diseases Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Arvinda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sooka
authors.affiliation: Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: Lisa K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Theobald
authors.affiliation: Lancet Laboratories, Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mennen
authors.affiliation: PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Australia.
authors.forename: Lyn C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.lastname: For The Group For Enteric Respiratory And Meningeal Disease Surveillance In South Africa Germs-Sa
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D012485:Salmonella typhi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D014435:Typhoid Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*