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By Nigeria Health Watch | March 28, 2019

It’s not Typhoid – Tackling misdiagnosis of Typhoid fever in Nigeria

Editor’s Note: This week’s blog is a personal story from a Nigeria Health Watch team member, Patience Adejo. She writes about her experience being diagnosed with Typhoid Fever multiple times using the Widal test, only to recently learn that the test does not give the most accurate diagnosis for typhoid fever. She delves into the […]

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