Evaluation of a newly developed ELISA against widal, TUBEX-TF and Typhidot for typhoid fever surveillance

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Fadeel, Moustafa A ^a   House, Brent L ^a   Wasfy, Momtaz M ^a   Klena, John D ^a   Habashy, Engy E ^a   Said, Mayar M ^a   Maksoud, Mohamed A ^a   Rahman, Bassem A ^a   Pimentel, Guillermo ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Elisa; Serological diagnosis; Surveillance; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TUBEX TF; TYPHIDOT; TYPHOID FEVER; WIDAL REACTION;

SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 79954571613     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1339     Document Type: Article

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