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Over 100 years since its introduction as a serologic means of detecting the presence of typhoid fever, the Widal test continues to be plagued with controversies involving the quality of the antigens used and interpretation of the result, particularly in endemic areas. Areas of concern with clinical and laboratory significance discussed in this review include: the techniques of test performance, interpretation of results, limitation of the value of the test results in endemic typhoid areas, the quality of the antigens used, and alternative diagnostic tests.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/pmj.76.892.80","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2002,7,27]],"date-time":"2002-07-27T10:38:40Z","timestamp":1027766320000},"page":"80-84","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":145,"title":["Widal agglutination test \u2212 100 years later: still plagued by controversy"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"76","author":[{"given":"Lateef A","family":"Olopoenia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Liberty Medical & Research Center , Lagos, Nigeria"},{"name":"Division of Allied Health, Howard University , Washington, DC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aprileona L","family":"King","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Allied Health, Howard University , Washington, DC, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2000,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2023042614000772400_B1","first-page":"561","article-title":"Serodiagnostic de la fi\u00e9vre typhoide a-propos d'uve modification par MMC Nicolle et al. 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