Reply to 'Apropos "evaluation of serological diagnostic tests for typhoid fever in Papua New Guinea using a composite reference standard"'

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 318-

  Greenhill, Andrew ^a,b   Siba, Valentine ^a   Horwood, Paul ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; TYPHOID FEVER;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84874893419     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00724-12     Document Type: Letter

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