Journal article : Review
Rapid diagnostic tests for typhoid and paratyphoid (enteric) fever
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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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- Published
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- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1002/14651858.CD008892.pub2
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- 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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1469-493X
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English
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Review
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1163560
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pubs:1163560
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2021-03-02
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- Wijedoru et al.
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- 2017
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