Correction: Clinical and epidemiological features of typhoid fever in Pemba, Zanzibar: Assessment of the performance of the WHO case definitions (PLoS ONE (2012) 7, 12 (e51823) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051823);Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Typhoid Fever in Pemba, Zanzibar: Assessment of the Performance of the WHO Case Definitions

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Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Thriemer, Kamala ^a,b   Ley, Benedikt B ^a,c   Ame, Shaali S ^d,e   Deen, Jaqueline L ^a,f   de Pak, Giok ^a   Chang, Na Yoon ^a   Hashim, Ramadhan ^a   Schmied, Wolfgang Hellmut ^a   Busch, Clara Jana Lui ^a   Nixon, Shanette ^g   Morrissey, Anne ^g   Puri, Mahesh K ^a   Ochiai, R Leon ^a   Wierzba, Thomas ^a   Clemens, John D ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^a   Jiddawi, Mohammad S ^e   von Seidlein, Lorenz ^f   Ali, Said M ^d,e  

^a International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Public Health Laboratory (Pemba)   (Tanzania)

^e Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme   (Tanzania)

^f MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTIGEN; H ANTIGEN; O ANTIGEN; RAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIGION; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; TEMPERATURE; TYPHOID FEVER; WHO CASE DEFINITION; WIDAL REACTION;

EID: 84871423281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/annotation/18ab2cda-9bb4-45ca-ae9c-517654f8160d     Document Type: Erratum

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