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 ...

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 ...

More often than not, the experience for patients with a fever is to get tested and treated for a typhoid infection. The test is a rapid blood test called the Widal test. The subsequent treatment ...