A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study of the Performance of the Widal Test and the Typhidot Immunoassay for Typhoid Fever Diagnosis in the West Region of Cameroon [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2021 Background. The diagnosis of typhoid fever based on the Widal slide agglutination test remains a major hurdle in developing countries due to varied perceptions of the value of the Widal test in determining clinical decision-making.
Karimo Ousenu +5 more
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Performance of Widal test and stool culture in the diagnosis of typhoid fever among suspected patients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2019 Objective We set an experiment to determine the diagnostic performance of the Widal test and stool culture in typhoid-suspected cases attending tertiary hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania using blood culture as a golden standard.
Akili Mawazo +2 more
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Retrospective Audit of the Widal Test for Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Pediatric Patients in an Endemic Region [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014 Introduction: Although typhoid fever is confirmed by culture of Salmonella Typhi, Widal test is widely used in India but little information exists about its reliability. Materials and Methods: We examined the performance of Widal test in our hospital
Ralte Lalremruata +2 more
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Relying on Widal test alone could lead to over diagnosis of typhoid fever: Findings from a records review of febrile patients at Damphu Hospital, Bhutan, 2011-2012 [PDF]
Bhutan Health Journal, 2018 Introduction: The Widal test is widely used in hospitals in Bhutan for diagnosis of typhoid fever. The right test with high sensitivity and specificity supplements clinical judgement and contributes to correct diagnosis of disease. This study focuses on
Tej Nath Nepal +7 more
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Evaluating alternatives to the Widal test for typhoid fever diagnosis in developing countries: A targeted literature review [PDF]
Journal of Public Health in AfricaBackground: Typhoid disease, caused by Salmonella typhi, is prevalent in developing countries with poor sanitation. The Widal test, despite its century-old history, has drawbacks in diagnostic capacity because of inherent characteristics, cross ...
Bereket A. Tegene, Meron T. Eshetie
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IMC Journal of Medical Science, 2020 Background: Accurate and early diagnosis of enteric fever is a diagnostic challenge where facility for blood culture is not available. As a result, Widal test is still used widely in resource limited settings.
Farjana Akter +9 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of three tests for Salmonella Typhi infection in adult patients presenting to health facilities in an informal urban settlement in Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
Preventive Medicine ReportsObjective: Accurate and timely diagnosis of typhoid fever is undermined by the absence of reliable reference test(s). The objective here was to estimate the sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp), negative and positive predictive values (NPV and PPV) of the ...
Anthony K. Nganga, Marshal M. Mweu
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The dilemma of widal test - which brand to use? a study of four different widal brands: a cross sectional comparative study [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, 2011 Background Serodiagnosis of typhoid fever by Widal test based on demonstrating the presence of agglutinins (antibodies) in the serum of an infected patient, against the H (flagellar) and O (somatic) antigens of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi has been
El Toukhy Ayman M +3 more
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THE WIDAL TEST AS CARRIED OUT IN PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES
American Journal of Public Health, 1926 ice cream control. There is no question but what such are needed but it is certainly unseemly, to say the least, to purport to control the final product when the quality of the raw material is ignored. Effective control of cream quality must be the foundation from which satisfactory ice cream control may be instituted. We follow the procedure and apply
Thomas G. Hull
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Epidemiology and Performances of Typhidot Immunoassay and Widal Slide Agglutination in the Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Febrile Patients in Bafoussam City, Cameroon: A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical MicrobiologyBackground. Enteric fever is a great public health problem associated with significant illness and death in many endemic countries, and its clinical diagnosis is still daunting. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of S.
Aurelie Dahlia Yemeli Piankeu +5 more
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