Human Health and Diseases Question 14
14. Widal Test is carried out to test :
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(a) Malaria
(b) Diabetes mellitus
(c) HIV/AIDS
(d) Typhoid fever
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Answer : d
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(d) Widal test is carried out to test typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhii bacteria. Typhoid vaccine is available. Widal test procedure involves the serum agglutination test to detect typhoid fever. Patients who are suffering from enteric fever will carry homologous antibodies in the serum. The slide method and the tube method are the two types of Widal test procedures.
