Interpretation of the Widal Test in Infected Children

Typhoid fever is endemic in Iran. Isolation of S. typhi is a gold standard for diagnosis. Laboratory diagnosis of S. typhi infection relies on serological tests such as the Widal test. This study describes seroprevalence of TO and TH antibody in nonfebrile healthy and febrile with non-typhoid illnes...

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Main Authors: S Noorbakhsh, S Rimaz, AA Rahbarimanesh, S Mamishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2003-07-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/292.pdf&manuscript_id=292