100 years of Widal test and its reappraisal in an endemic area

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 105, Issue FEB., 1997, Pages 53-57

  Shukla, Sanjay ^a   Patel, Bhavesh ^a   Chitnis, D S ^a  

^a CHOITHRAM HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Basal titre; Diagnosis; Endemic; Salmonella typhi; Typhoid; Widal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INDIA; O ANTIGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0031053246     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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