Comparison of Vi serology and nested PCR in diagnosis of chronic typhoid carriers in two different study populations in typhoid endemic area of India

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 636-640

  Nath, Gopal ^a   Maurya, Pushpa ^a   Gulati, Anil Kumar ^a   Singh, Tej Bali ^b   Srivastava, Ramit ^c   Kumar, Kailash ^d   Tripathi, Sunil Kumar ^e  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

^b Division of Biostatics   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e Grant Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Carriers; Chronic typhoid; India; Nested PCR; Vi serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; VI ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 77954696083     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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