Multiplex PCR for Diagnosis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi

Typhoid fever caused by

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi

is endemic in developing countries.

Its

detection by culturing on specific media or serological methods like the Widal test is time consuming and/or less

sensitive than the PCR technique. Here we apply a multiplex PCR dependent detection for

S

. Typhi using two specific

primers for

invA and fliC

genes.