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An ELISA method in the diagnosis of typhoid fever
G Vitale1, R Librizzi, C Mocciaro
1Cattedra di Patologia Speciale Medica e Metodologia Clinica, University of Palermo, Italy.
Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Immunology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Anti-S. typhi IgG and IgM antibodies were detected by an ELISA test using whole S. typhi as antigen. Among sera of patients suffering from typhus, 100% were positive for IgG and 78.9% for IgM. In the control group (blood donors and patients with various diseases) positivities were 1.01% for IgG and 1.01% for IgM.