Habib Ahmed Jadoon, Attique ur Rehman.
Specificity of Widal Test in Typhoid Fever.
J Ayub Med Coll Abottabad Jan ;11(2):15-6.

Widal test is commonly used as a standard diagnostic test for the diagnosis of Typhoid. We conducted this study in order to determine the specificity of this test in our population. Samples were collected from 116 healthy voluntary subjects and analyzed. The specificity has 68% for typhi O and 50% for typhi H respectively. Widal test lacked specificity.

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