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Incidence of Typhoid Fever and the Validity of the Widal Test in Some Districts in Iraq [PDF]

Al-Anbar Medical Journal, 2020
Background: Typhoid fever is a serious infectious disease. In Iraq, the disease has a public health burden because it’s endemicity and there is an overestimation of the cases because the diagnosis almost depends on the Widal test.
Mousa A. Shubbar, Shakir M. Zighar
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Comparative sensitivity and specificity of Typhidot and Typhidot-M tests in the diagnosis of Enteric fever in Malaysian children [PDF]

, 1998
Suntu penelitian untuk mengetahui sensitivitas dan spesifisitas uji Typhidot dan Typhidot-M daLam mendiagnosis demam enterik pada anak-anak Malaysia telah dilakukan. Pasien dibagi dalam dua kelompok: (i) pasien dengan biakan darah dan-/ ataufeses positif
Choo, K.E., Davis, T.M.E., Ghazali, W.N.W., Ismail, A., Tuan Ismail, T.A.   +4 more
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Clinical implications of Widal false positivity among children presenting with dengue infection: a comparative cohort study [PDF]

Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine
Objective: Dengue fever often coincides with other endemic infections such as typhoid, leading to diagnostic overlap. The Widal test, though frequently used for typhoid diagnosis, may show false positivity in dengue cases due to nonspecific immune ...
K. Saurabh, B. Bhakhri, S. Mathur, D. Singh, S. Agrwal, B. Kumar   +5 more
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A Killing Disease Epidemic Among Displaced Sudanese Population Identified as Visceral Leishmaniasis. [PDF]

, 1991
A fatal disease epidemic affected the Bentiu area in southern Sudan and led to a mass migration of the Nuer tribe searching for treatment. The initially available information revealed a high mortality rate due to a possible occurrence of tuberculosis ...
Chantal, B, de Beer, P, Deng, L, el Harith, A, Semiao-Santos, S J, van Grootheest, M   +5 more
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Leptospirosis and Pancreatitis Complication [PDF]

, 2005
Leptospirosis is a wide-spread zoonosis in the world, especially in the tropical countries. Ninety percent of cases are characterized by abrupt fever and have good prognosis, but in 10% of cases, exacerbation will occur and the mortality rate is about 10%
Abdullah, M. (Murdani), Pohan, H. T. (Herdiman), Simadibrata, M. (Marcellus), Taher, D. N. (Diany)   +3 more
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Aspirin desensitisation therapy for aspirin-intolerant chronic rhinosinusitis [PDF]

, 2009
This review is published as a Cochrane Review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Cochrane Reviews are regularly updated as new evidence emerges and in response to comments and criticisms, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic
Lipworth, Brian J., McKean, Simon, Vaidyanathan, Sriram   +2 more
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Assessment of blood culture and tube agglutination serology test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever amongst malaria-negative patients: a one-year hospital-based study

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2023
Salmonella serotypes, including Salmonella Typhi, S. Paratyphi A, S. Paratyphi B, and S. Paratyphi C, are responsible for the systemic, protracted febrile sickness known as typhoid fever.
Kirti Nirmal, Vikas Saini, Nadeem Ahmad, Narendra Pal Singh   +3 more
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Serological diagnosis of typhoid fever : a review of the limitations of the Widal test [PDF]

, 1991
Typhoid fever remains an infectious disease of major importance worldwide. Even in developed countries, sporadic outbreaks continue to occur, often localised around a single origin -an asymptomatic carrier or an infected food source particularly ...
Borg, Michael Angelo
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Increased risk for malaria in chronically malnourished children under 5 years of age in rural Gambia.

, 2002
Malaria and malnutrition cause high morbidity and mortality in rural sub-Saharan Africa. To explore the relationship between nutritional status and malaria, a cohort of Gambian children under 5 years of age was followed weekly during one malaria season ...
Deen, JL, von Seidlein, L, Walraven, GEL
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Why and When Are Evidence‐Based Interventions Adopted in Paediatric Supportive Care? A Qualitative Exploration of the Determinants of Photobiomodulation Implementation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Oral mucositis is a common and debilitating side effect of childhood cancer and stem cell transplant treatments. It affects the quality of life of children and young people (CYP) and places a strain on services. Photobiomodulation is recommended for oral mucositis prevention in international guidance but is poorly implemented in UK ...
Claudia Heggie, Kara A. Gray‐Burrows, Peter F. Day, Bob Phillips, Carl A. Thompson   +4 more
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