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Abstract The diagmatic value of the Wid& t est was assessed in ow area, as enteric fever remains an important public heal throblem i n our country. As we are still a developing country, and f a cilities for isolatn and culture are often not available especially in smaller hospitals and diagnosi, y elies upon the clinical * features of the disse and the. test ,from t his nork we cw conclude that , Vida.1 test is still of signific ant diagnostic value provided interpretation of the test is made against a background of information, including data which relateto agglutinin l evelsir, normal individuals in the regiono At the same time, negative o r low t i treisnt against the diagnosis of enteric fever when the clinicalpicture is suggestive of the disease. |