infectious disease

Malaria used to be one of the deadliest disease in the past, not so now-a-days due to modern drug interventions through which it can be completely cured very easily. However, it still is one of the leading cause of death by infections in Pakistan, other Asian countries and sub-Saharan Africa, especially when left untreated. It …

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Typhoid fever is a very common clinical presentation throughout Pakistan. Typhidot test is a rapid diagnostic test to diagnose typhoid fever. Despite its low sensitivity (70%) and low specificity (40%), it is still a widely used test throughout the country. People are being labeled as having typhoid fever based on a positive Typhidot test without …

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