Unlocking the genome of the human typhoid bacillus

J Wain, D House, J Parkhill, C Parry… - The Lancet infectious …, 2002 - thelancet.com
Molecular studies are shedding new light on the pathogenesis of human typhoid fever,
which is still a very common disease in developing countries. For example, the total genome …

Typhoid fever in sub-Saharan Africa: challenges of diagnosis and management of infections

S Kariuki - The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2008 - jidc.org
Typhoid fever, caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi), is a disease
transmitted by the faecal-oral route. It continues to be a public health problem in many …

Rapid serologic diagnosis of pediatric typhoid fever in an endemic area: a prospective comparative evaluation of two dot-enzyme immunoassays and the Widal test.

ZA Bhutta, N Mansurali - The American journal of tropical medicine …, 1999 - europepmc.org
We evaluated the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of two dot-enzyme-linked
immunoassays (Typhidot and Typhidot-M; Malaysian Biodiagnostic Research SDN BHD …

Widal test in diagnosis of typhoid fever in Turkey

A Willke, O Ergonul, B Bayar - Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
We studied the value of the Widal tube agglutination test for the diagnosis of typhoid fever.
The subjects were all adults> 18 years of age and were divided into four groups:(i) 317 …

Evaluation of new-generation serologic tests for the diagnosis of typhoid fever: data from a community-based surveillance in Calcutta, India

S Dutta, D Sur, B Manna, B Sen, AK Deb… - … and infectious disease, 2006 - Elsevier
Although typhoid fever is confirmed by culture of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, rapid
and simple diagnostic serologic tests would be useful in developing countries. We examined …

[PDF][PDF] Predictive value of clinical and laboratory findings in the diagnosis of enteric fever.

C Kuvandik, I Karaoglan, M Namiduru… - The new …, 2009 - newmicrobiologica.org
Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi is the etiologic agent of typhoid fever and serotype
paratyphi is the etiologic agent of paratyphoid fever. Enteric fever is the general name of …

Outcome in three groups of patients with typhoid fever in Indonesia between 1948 and 1990

ETAM Bergh, M Hussein Gasem… - Tropical Medicine & …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
The outcome in three groups of patients with bacteriologically confirmed typhoid fever
caused by Salmonella typhi, treated during three episodes between 1948 and 1990 in Java …

Evaluation of a simple and rapid dipstick assay for the diagnosis of typhoid fever in Indonesia

MH Gasem, HL Smits, MGA Goris… - Journal of medical …, 2002 - microbiologyresearch.org
To support the clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever in Indonesia, where most hospitals and
health centres have no facilities for culture, a rapid dipstick assay for the detection of …

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

HL Storey, Y Huang, C Crudder, A Golden… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Novel typhoid diagnostics currently under development have the potential to improve clinical
care, surveillance, and the disease burden estimates that support vaccine introduction …

The baseline widal titre among the healthy individuals of the hilly areas in the garhwal region of uttarakhand, India

S Pal, R Prakash, D Juyal, N Sharma… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: Typhoid fever is endemic in all parts of India and the Widal test is widely used
for its diagnosis. In the endemic areas, the healthy people may contain antibodies which are …