Clinical value of Tubex™ and Typhidot® rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in an urban community clinic in Bangladesh

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Naheed, Aliya ^a   Ram, Pavani K ^b,c   Brooks, W Abdullah ^a   Mintz, Eric D ^b   Hossain, Md Anowar ^a   Parsons, Michele M ^b   Luby, Stephen P ^a,b   Breiman, Robert F ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Salmonella Typhi; Tubex ; Typhidot ; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 47049107039     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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