Detection of Salmonella typhi agglutinins in sera of patients with other febrile illnesses and healthy individuals

Annals of African Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-44

  Somily, Ali ^a   Adam, Mustafa ^a   Gad El Rab, Mohamed ^a   Morshed, Muhammad ^b   Shakoor, Zahid ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

False positive; other febrile illnesses; Salmonella typhi; Widal test

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHISTOSOMA; SERUM; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMATOSIS; WIDAL REACTION;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951986891     PISSN: 15963519     EISSN: 09755764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1596-3519.76584     Document Type: Article

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