Interpretation of the Widal test in the diagnosis of typhoid fever in Bangladeshi children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Saha, S K ^a,b   Ruhulamin, M ^a   Hanif, M ^a   Islam, Maksuda ^a   Khan, W A ^a  

^a Institute of Child and Mother Health Dhaka bd   (Bangladesh)

^b DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERODIAGNOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0029915751     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747807     Document Type: Article

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