Evaluation of a typhoid/paratyphoid diagnostic assay (TPTest) detecting anti-Salmonella IgA in secretions of peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

• Main Authors: Farhana Khanam (Author), Alaullah Sheikh (Author), Md Abu Sayeed (Author), Md Saruar Bhuiyan (Author), Feroza Kaneez Choudhury (Author), Umme Salma (Author), Shahnaz Pervin (Author), Tania Sultana (Author), Dilruba Ahmed (Author), Doli Goswami (Author), Md Lokman Hossain (Author), K Z Mamun (Author), Richelle C Charles (Author), W Abdullah Brooks (Author), Stephen B Calderwood (Author), Alejandro Cravioto (Author), Edward T Ryan (Author), Firdausi Qadri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rapid and reliable diagnostic assays for enteric (typhoid and paratyphoid) fever are urgently needed. We report the characterization of novel approach utilizing lymphocyte secretions, for diagnosing patients with enteric fever by the TPTest procedure.TPTest detects Salmonella-specific IgA responses...