Correlation studies on Widal agglutination reaction and diagnosis of typhoid fever

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-91

  Itah, Alfred Young ^a   Akpan, Comfort J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TYPHOID FEVER; URINALYSIS; WIDAL REACTION;

EID: 3042758644     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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