Evaluation of serological diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in Papua new guinea using a composite reference standard

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1833-1837

  Siba, Valentine ^a   Horwood, Paul F ^a   Vanuga, Kilagi ^b   Wapling, Johanna ^a   Sehuko, Rebecca ^a   Siba, Peter M ^a   Greenhill, Andrew R ^a,c  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Goroka General Hospital   (Papua New Guinea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER; WIDAL REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868260847     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00380-12     Document Type: Article

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