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 ...

Medical doctors have said that Widal test, a popular laboratory investigation prescribed by many hospitals for the diagnosis of typhoid in Nigeria, is no longer valid for the clinical diagnosis and ...

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.

One of the commonest ailments, among urban Nigerians, is arguably typhoid fever. Once there is a recurrent or resistant fever, many Nigerians, without a clinical analysis, believe the sick person is ...

Monrovia — A prominent global infectious disease expert, Dr. Dougbeh Christopher Nyan has proposed the banning of the Widal Test in Liberia, a serological testing method commonly used for diagnosis of ...

The Commissioner for Health in Anambra State, Vincent Okpala, has said that Typhoid fever in Nigeria is not as common as it has been made to be. Mr Okpala told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka ...

Typhoid fever is an infection. Infections in humans are caused by very small organisms which are too tiny to be seen by the naked eye, hence viewed with a microscope. Organisms may be: Bacteria e.g.