The diagnosis of typhoid fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 348-355

  Lunguya, Octavie ^a,b   Phoba, Marie France ^a,b   Mundeke, Steve Ahuka ^a,b   Bonebe, Edmonde ^a   Mukadi, Pierre ^a   Muyembe, Jean Jacques ^a,b   Verhaegen, Jan ^c   Jacobs, Jan ^d  

^a National Institute for Biomedical Research   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^b University of Kinshasa   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Salmonella typhi; Typhoid fever; Widal test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER; WIDAL REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

EID: 84861341497     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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