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Widal test

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Wi·dal test  (v-däl)
n.
A test of blood serum that uses an agglutination reaction to diagnose typhoid fever.
[After Fernand Widal (1862-1929), French physician.]
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Noun1.Widal test - a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infectionsWidal test - a test for detecting typhoid fever and other salmonella infections
Widal's test
agglutination test - a blood test used to identify unknown antigens; blood with the unknown antigen is mixed with a known antibody and whether or not agglutination occurs helps to identify the antigen; used in tissue matching and blood grouping and diagnosis of infections
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7 mg/dL; Widal test negative; rashes TLC 6,800/[mm.
Dengue virus, Nepal by Pandey, Basu Dev; Morita, Kouichi; Khanal, Santa Raj; Takasaki, Tomohiko; Miyazaki, Isao; Ogawa, Tet / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The HBsAg, antiHbc IgM, antiHAV IgM, antiHCV, antiCMV IgM, anti-VCA IgM and Gruber Widal tests were negative.
A case of acute hepatitis due to brucellosis by Calangu, Semra / Southern Medical Journal
Results of paired acute- and convalescent-phase serologic testing for dengue immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG were negative, as were the microscopic agglutination test for leptospirosis and the Widal test for typhoid.
Japanese encephalitis, Singapore by Hsu, Li-Yang / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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