A meta-Analysis of typhoid diagnostic accuracy studies: A recommendation to adopt a standardized composite reference

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Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Storey, Helen L ^a   Huang, Ying ^b   Crudder, Chris ^a   Golden, Allison ^a   De Los Santos, Tala ^a   Hawkins, Kenneth ^a  

^a PATH   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TYPHOID DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY; TYPHOID FEVER; BLOOD; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 84957112105     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142364     Document Type: Article

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