Value of a single-tube Widal test in diagnosis of typhoid fever in Vietnam

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2882-2886

  Parry, Christopher M ^a,c,d   Nguyen Thi Tuyet, Hoa ^a   Diep, To Song ^a   Wain, John ^a,c   Chinh, Nguyen Tran ^b   Vinh, Ha ^a   Hien, Tran Tinh ^a   White, Nicholas J ^a,c   Farrar, Jeremy J ^a,c  

^a CHO QUAN HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 0345363054     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2882-2886.1999     Document Type: Article

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