Typhoid IgG/IgM Rapid Test

The Typhoid IgG/IgM Combo Rapid Test is a lateral flow immunoassay for the simultaneous detection and differentiation of anti-Salmonella typhi (S. typhi) IgG and IgM in human serum, plasma or whole blood. It is intended to be used as a screening test and as an aid in the diagnosis of infection with S. typhi. Any reactive specimen with theTyphoid IgG/IgM Combo Rapid Test must be confirmed with alternative testing method(s).

Typhoid fever is caused by S. typhi, a Gram-negative bacterium. World-wide an estimated 17 million cases and 600,000 associated deaths occur annually. Patients who are infected with HIV are at significantly increased risk of clinical infection with S. typhi. Evidence of H. pylori infection also presents an increase risk of acquiring typhoid fever. 1-5% of patients become chronic carrier harboring S. typhi in the gallbladder.

The clinical diagnosis of typhoid fever depends on the isolation of S. typhi from blood, bone marrow or a specific anatomic lesion. In the facilities that can not afford to perform this complicated and time-consuming procedure, Filix-Widal test is used to facilitate the diagnosis. However, many limitations lead to difficulties in the interpretation of the Widal test.

In contrast, theTyphoid IgG/IgM Combo Rapid Test is a simple and rapid laboratory test. The test simultaneously detects and differentiates the IgG and the IgM antibodies to S. typhi specific antigen5 t in whole blood specimen thus aid in the determination of current or previous exposure to the S. typhi.