Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Salmonella

Salmonella is a genus of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic enteric bacteria within the Enterobacteriaceae, comprising serovars that cause gastrointestinal and systemic disease. Non-typhoidal serovars typically produce self-limiting gastroenteritis transmitted through contaminated food and water, whereas Salmone…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 78× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4526 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Salmonella is a genus of Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic enteric bacteria within the Enterobacteriaceae, comprising serovars that cause gastrointestinal and systemic disease. Non-typhoidal serovars typically produce self-limiting gastroenteritis transmitted through contaminated food and water, whereas Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi cause enteric (typhoid) fever, a febrile systemic illness associated with asymptomatic carriage, often in the gallbladder. Laboratory identification relies on culture, biochemical profiling, serotyping, and molecular methods, while rising antimicrobial resistance and biofilm formation complicate treatment and control. Research collected under this topic concentrates on typhoidal Salmonella and food- and water-borne transmission. Studies characterize fecal shedding, antimicrobial resistance, and in-vitro biofilm formation on simulated gallstones by Salmonella Typhi from cases and carriers, genotypic diversity among isolates in informal urban settlements, and the prevalence of typhoid and paratyphoid fever in clinical settings. Additional work addresses bacteriological quality of groundwater and boreholes, isolation from food sources such as chicken eggs, malaria-typhoid coinfection, and mathematical modeling of typhoid transmission dynamics and intervention impact. Spanning microbiology, epidemiology, and environmental health, this peer-reviewed literature supports diagnosis, resistance surveillance, and the design of interventions against salmonellosis and enteric fever.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 78 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Salmonella, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Digestive Disorders And Diagnosis (ISSN 2574-4526).

Journal editorial board
Jonas P. DeMuro · United States Divey Manocha · United States Beata Kasztelan-Szczerbinska · Poland

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