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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Enhanced detection rate of typhoid fever in children in a periurban slum in Karachi, Pakistan using polymerase chain reaction technology

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Pages 429-436 | Received 29 Nov 2005, Accepted 20 Apr 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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