Research- Salmonella unmasked as major killer of young children in Africa

Science Daily 

Invasive Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Africa are a major cause of child illness and deaths, a new body of research into this usually overlooked infectious disease has revealed. In the West, Salmonella is commonly thought of as a bacterium responsible for relatively benign cases of food poisoning. However, new research exposes the unacceptable toll of sickness and death caused by invasive Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Africa.