Dot enzyme immunoassay (Typhidot®) in diagnosis of typhoid fever in children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-217

  Prakash, Pradyot ^a   Sen, Malay Ranjan ^a   Mishra, Om Prakash ^a   Gulati, Anil Kumar ^a   Shukla, Bishwa Nath ^a   Nath, Gopal ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 34447646175     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm008     Document Type: Article

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