"A single rapid test just kind of tells you with poor sensitivity what your status is at that point that you take the test," Hota said. "If you have the virus, in theory, it's possible that you're ...

Wrong widal tests have contributed to the misdiagnosis and poor management of typhoid fever in Nigeria, Daily Trust investigations have shown. A medical laboratory scientist, Ndubuisi Ebitea, said the ...

As many as 40 cases were reported in Balrampur (15) and Lokbandhu (25) hospitals in the last 15 days, in which the Widal test, a method of diagnosis of enteric fever or typhoid fever, was positive.