Assessment and comparative analysis of a rapid diagnostic test (Tubex®) for the diagnosis of typhoid fever among hospitalized children in rural Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ley, Benedikt ^a,h   Thriemer, Kamala ^a   Ame, Shaali M ^b   Mtove, George M ^c,d   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^a,d,e   Amos, Ben ^d,f   Hendriksen, Ilse C E ^d,g   Mwambuli, Abraham ^d   Shoo, Aikande ^d,f   Kim, Deok R ^a   Ochiai, Leon R ^a   Favorov, Michael ^a   Clemens, John D ^a   Wilfing, Harald ^h   Deen, Jacqueline L ^a,d   Ali, Said M ^b  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b Public Health Laboratory Pemba Ivo de Carneri   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d Joint Malaria Programme   (Tanzania)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^f Teule Hospital   (Tanzania)

^g MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Rapid Diagnostic Test; SalmonellaTubex WidalAfrica

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; TEST STRIP; TYPHOID FEVER; WIDAL REACTION; BLOOD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TANZANIA; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 79956260663     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-147     Document Type: Article

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