Redefining typhoid diagnosis: what would an improved test need to look like?

INTRODUCTION: Typhoid fever is one of the most common bacterial causes of acute febrile illness in the developing world, with an estimated 10.9 million new cases and 116.8 thousand deaths in 2017. Typhoid point-of-care (POC) diagnostic tests are widely used but have poor sensitivity and specificity,...

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Autores principales: Mather, Richard G, Hopkins, Heidi, Parry, Christopher M, Dittrich, Sabine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31749999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001831

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6830052/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31749999
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001831

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