DETERMINATION OF BASELINE WIDAL TITRE AMONG HEALTHY POPULATION

Baseline Widal titres in healthy children.

OBJECTIVE To determine the baseline Widal titres in apparently healthy children in Davangere. METHODS Cross-sectional study was done on 250 children. Widal titers were found using tube agglutination test. RESULTS Out of 250,64.2% had a titre of less than 1:20,22.4% had a titre equal to 1:20,9.6% had a titre of 1:40 and 3.6% had a titre of 1:80 to 'O' antigen and 67.2% had a titre of less th...

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...

Baseline Antibody Titre against Salmonella enterica in Healthy Population of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to establish a baseline titre for the population of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. METHOD Four hundred healthy blood donors, attending blood donation camps, were screened using a survey questionnaire. Widal tube agglutination test was performed on the diluted sera (with 0.9% normal saline) of blood donors, with final dilution ranging from 1 : 40 to 1 : 320. ...

The Widal Agglutination Reaction in Healthy Persons

Widal Agglutination Titre: a Rapid Serological Diagnosis of Typhoid Fever in Developing Countries

Background: To study the reliability of a single Widal test and to find out the diagnostic significance of ‘O’ and ‘H’ agglutinin titre in the diagnosis of typhoid fever. Methods: Community-based case-control study conducted from Jan 2001 to June 2007. The blood samples were collected from the medical and out door department of Sir Ganga Ram Hospitals, Lahore. The diagnostic value of an acute p...