A systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of two point of care typhoid fever tests, tubex TF and typhidot, in endemic countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Thriemer, Kamala ^a   Ley, Benedikt ^a   Menten, Joris ^a   Jacobs, Jan ^a   Van Den Ende, Jef ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; RAPID TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYPHOID FEVER; METHODOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84893022789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081263     Document Type: Review

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