Rapid serologic diagnosis of pediatric typhoid fever in an endemic area: A prospective comparative evaluation of two dot-enzyme immunoassays and the widal test

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 654-657

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed ^a   Mansurali, Naseem ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0032702843     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.61.654     Document Type: Article

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