Serology of typhoid fever in an area of endemicity and its relevance to diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1002-1007

  House, D ^a   Wain, J ^a   Ho, V A ^a   Diep, T S ^a   Chinh, N T ^a   Bay, P V ^a   Vinh, H ^a   Duc, M ^a   Parry, C M ^a   Dougan, G ^a   White, N J ^a   Hien, T T ^a   Farrar, J J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAGELLA; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TYPHOID FEVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 0035098321     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1002-1007.2001     Document Type: Article

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