The diagnosis of typhoid fever in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The diagnosis of typhoid fever (TF) in Kinshasa (DR Congo) was assessed by on-site surveys, external quality assessment (EQA) of the Widal test and a microbiological blood culture surveillance study. In 331/536 (61.8%) health facilities, clinicians diagnosed TF by clinical picture and the Widal test ā€¦
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Authors Lunguya O;Phoba MF;Mundeke SA;Bonebe E;Mukadi P;Muyembe JJ;Verhaegen J;Jacobs J;;
Journal transactions of the royal society of tropical medicine and hygiene
Year 2012
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22551639
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male adolescent aged middle aged young adult Surveys and Questionnaires 80 and over Antibodies Antigens sentinel surveillance typhoid fever / diagnosis* bacterial / isolation & purification democratic republic of the congo / epidemiology agglutination tests typhoid fever / immunology salmonella typhi / isolation & purification* typhoid fever / epidemiology pmid:22551639 doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.03.006 octavie lunguya marie-france phoba jan jacobs salmonella typhi / immunology

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