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 ...

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test, a popular laboratory investigation prescribed by many hospitals for the diagnosis of typhoid in Nigeria, is no longer valid for the clinical diagnosis and ...

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 ...

India faces a surge in typhoid cases, exacerbated by unreliable diagnostic methods like the Widal test, leading to misdiagnosis and delayed treatment. The rise in cases is further complicated by ...

The Vice President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Professor Ernest Yorke, has called for urgent reforms in the certification of food vendors, warning that the immunological tests currently ...

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.

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In various regions of India, there has been a marked increase in the number of typhoid cases, with the situation being aggravated by the lack of effective diagnosis. The first half of 2025 has seen a ...