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Rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever

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Background:
Differentiating both typhoid (Salmonella Typhi) and paratyphoid (Salmonella Paratyphi A) infection from other causes of fever in endemic areas is a diagnostic challenge. Although commercial point‐of‐care rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) for enteric fever are available as alternatives to the current reference standard test of blood or bone marrow culture, or to the widely used Widal Test, their diagnostic accuracy is unclear. If accurate, they could potentia...

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Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.CD008892.pub2

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Publisher:
Cochrane Collaboration
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews More from this journal
Volume:
2017
Issue:
5
Article number:
CD008892
Publication date:
2017-05-26
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EISSN:
1469-493X

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