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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THE WIDAL TEST AS CARRIED OUT IN PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES
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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Comparison of different tests for the diagnosis of Salmonella typhi in Nineveh Governorate [PDF]
Salmonella typhi is one of the most common causes of typhoid fever in Iraq. The aim of this study was to test the synergistic between different tests for the diagnosis of S. typhi .
Bushra Shlla
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Use of onsite typhoid IgG/IgM combo test as rapid diagnostic test for typhoid fever
Background The incidence of typhoid fever is increasing in Egypt. The Widal test is the evaluation most widely used in Egypt for diagnosis, but it has many drawbacks; therefore, new diagnostic tools are needed.
Alaa Aboud Mohamed +3 more
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COMPARATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF TYPHOID FEVER BY POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION AND WIDAL TEST IN SOUTHERN DISTRICTS (BANNU, LAKKI MARWAT AND D.I.KHAN) OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, PAKISTAN [PDF]
Typhoid fever is a major dilemma in developing nations, despite the antibiotic use and new antibiotics discovery. Blood culture and serological tests (especially Widal test) that are regularly performed in Pakistan for diagnosis provide objectionable ...
Irfan +6 more
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Introduction: Definitive diagnosis of Enteric fever is by blood culture for Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, Paratyphi A, and Paratyphi B which takes long turnaround time and is costly, whereas Widal test is simple, rapid, and cost-effective test ...
Saransh Bahl +4 more
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Diagnostic efficacy of Widal slide agglutination test against Widal tube agglutination test in enteric fever [PDF]
Introduction: Enteric fever is an endemic disease in India and warrants rapid and affordable diagnosis. The Widal slide agglutination test is a commonly used rapid screening test for this purpose. The literature available on its diagnostic ability in comparison to the tube agglutination test is however scanty.
UjjwalaN Gaikwad, Monali Rajurkar
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Evaluation of false negativity of the Widal test among culture proven typhoid fever cases
Background: The Widal test is the most common, specific and quick diagnostic method available in the world for diagnosis of typhoid fever; however, false negativity is one of the obstructive features of the test. The aim of this study was to evaluate the
Salih Hosoglu +4 more
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The aim of this study was to investigate the accuracy of widal test by compared with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) as standard method and for this purpose 150 blood samples were pulled from patients suspected infected with typhoid fever ...
Khelowd Ayad Majeed, Bashar Sadeq Noomi
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An Epidemiological Study to Estimate the Baseline Titres of Widal Test in Apparently Healthy Individuals of Bhubaneswar, Odisha [PDF]
Introduction: Enteric fever is one of the most prevalent community acquired infection especially in the developing countries; caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, Paratyphi A and Paratyphi B.
Subhajit Giri +3 more
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