Validation of the Dri-Dot Latex agglutination and IgM lateral flow assays for the diagnosis of typhoid fever in an Egyptian population

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-441

  Nakhla, Isabelle ^a   El Mohammady, Hanan ^a   Mansour, Adel ^a   Klena, John D ^a   Hassan, Khaled ^a   Sultan, Yehia ^b   Pastoor, Rob ^c   Abdoel, Theresia H ^c   Smits, Henk ^c  

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

^b ABBASSIA FEVER HOSPITAL   (Egypt)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lateral flow; Latex agglutination; Rapid diagnostics; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRI DOT LATEX AGGLUTINATION ASSAY; EGYPT; EGYPTIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; IGM LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EGYPT; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 79960342394     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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