Prospective evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test Typhidot® for typhoid fever

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 513-516

  Jesudason, Mary V ^a   Sivakumar, S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

S. Typhi; Typhidot test; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 33745454066     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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