Baseline titre of Widal amongst healthy blood donors at tertiary care hospital
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Determination of baseline widal titres amongst apparently healthy blood donors in ahmednagar, maharashtra, India.
BACKGROUND Enteric fever is endemic in all parts of India. The Widal agglutination test is widely used for its diagnosis. But the interpretation of Widal test depends upon the baseline titre which is prevalent amongst healthy individuals in a particular geographical area. AIM Present study was undertaken to establish the normal baseline titre in apparently healthy blood donors and also to det...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2320-6012,2320-6071
DOI: 10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20171267