Distribution of antibody titer against Salmonella enterica among healthy individuals in nepal

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Pokhrel, Bharat M ^a   Karmacharya, Rajendra ^a   Mishra, Shyam K ^a   Koirala, Janak ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; O ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEROTYPE; TYPHOID FEVER; VOLUNTEER; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849161798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-8-1     Document Type: Article

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