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For a rapid diagnosis of typhoid fever, we developed a nested PCR based on the nucleotide sequence encoding the Vi antigen. All Salmonella typhi strains along with a Salmonella paratyphi C strain were PCR positive. This assay was able to detect S. typhi at the single-cell level.
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