Baseline Salmonella agglutinin titres in apparently healthy freshmen in Awka, South Eastern, Nigeria

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Ibekwe A C , ^a   Okonko, I O ^b,e   Onunkwo, A U ^c   Donbraye, E ^d   Babalola, E T ^b   Onoja, B A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gold standard; Public health; Typhoid fever; Widal test

Indexed keywords

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 70350139673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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