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Table 4. List of studies included in the network meta-analysis.

Region	First Author	Year	Index Test(s)	Ref.
East Asia and Pacific	Castonguay -Vanier J	2013	Antigen (RDT)	[20]
East-Asia and Pacific	Handojo I	2000	Antibody (ELISA, IgG)	[21]
East-Asia and Pacific	Handojo I	2000	Antibody (ELISA, IgM)	[21]
East-Asia and Pacific	Limpitikul W	2014	Antibody (ELISA, IgG)	[22]
East-Asia and Pacific	Limpitikul W	2014	Antibody (ELISA, IgM)	[22]
East-Asia and Pacific	Moore CE	2014	Antibody (Lateral flow, IgM)	[23]
East-Asia and Pacific	Moore CE	2014	PCR/DNA	[23]
East-Asia and Pacific	Nugraha J	2012	Antigen (TUBEX TP, O12)	[24]
South Asia	Alam AS	2011	Widal slide (O or H) 1:160 (O or H)	[25]
South Asia	Ambati SR	2007	nested PCR (blood)	[26]
South Asia	Anusha R	2007	Antibody (Enteroheck WB, IgM)	[27]
South Asia	Beig FK	2010	Antibody (Typhidot, IgM)	[28]
			Diazo
			Widal (H) 1:200 (H)
South Asia	Das S	2013	Antibody (Lateral flow, IgM or IgG)	[29]
South Asia	Das S	2013	Widal (O) 1:180 (O)	[29]
South Asia	Dutta S	2006	Antibody (TUBEX, IgM)	[30]
			Antibody (Typhidot, IgM)
			Widal (O)
South Asia	Islam K	2016	Antibody (TPT test, S.Typhi specific IgA)	[31]
			Antibody (TUBEX, IgM)
			Antibody (Typhidot, IgM or IgG)
South Asia	Kalhan R	1998	Antigen (Reverse Passive Hemagluttination)	[12]
South Asia	Khan IH	2016	Antibody (Lateral flow, IgG)	[32]
South Asia	Khanam F	2013	Antibody (TPT test, S.Typhi specific IgA)	[33]
South Asia	Kulkarni ML	1994	Widal (H) 1:160 (H)	[34]
South Asia	Kulkarni ML	1994	Widal (O) 1:160 (O)	[34]
South Asia	Kumar KS	2016	Antibody (Typhidot, IgG)	[35]
South Asia	Kumar KS	2016	Antibody (Typhidot, IgM)	[35]
South Asia	Narayanappa D	2010	Antibody (Typhidot, IgM)	[36]
South Asia	Nizami SQ	2006	Antibody (TUBEX, IgM)	[37]
			Antibody (Typhidot, IgM)
			nested PCR (blood)
South Asia	Prakash P	2005	nested PCR (blood)	[38]
South Asia	Prakash P	2007	Antibody (Typhidot, IgG) Widal slide (O or H) 1:160 (O or H)	[39]
			Antibody (Typhidot, IgM)
			PCR/DNA
South Asia	Rahman M	2007	Antibody (ELISA, IgG or IgM)	[40]
			Antibody (ELISA, IgG)
			Antibody (ELISA, IgM)
			Antibody (TUBEX, IgM)
			Widal slide (O or H) 1:160 (O or H)
South Asia	Saha SK	1996	Widal slide (H) 1:160 (H)	[41]
South Asia	Saha SK	1996	Widal slide (O) 1:80 (O)	[41]
South Asia	Shehabi AA	1981	Widal (O or H) 1:80 (O or H)	[42]
South Asia	Sheikh A	2009	Antibody (ELISA, IgA)	[43]
South Asia	Srivastava L	1986	Antibody (ELISA, IgG)	[44]
			Antibody (ELISA, IgM)
			Widal (O) 1:80 (O)
South Asia	Tennant SM	2015	PCR/DNA	[45]
South Asia	Zaka-ur-Rab Z	2012	Antibody (ELISA, IgA)	[46]
Sub-Saharan Africa	Al-Emran HM	2016	PCR/DNA	[47]
Sub-Saharan Africa	Cheesbrough JS	1997	Antibody (ELISA, total Ig)	[48]
Sub-Saharan Africa	Ley B	2010	Widal (H) 1:80 (H)	[49]
Sub-Saharan Africa	Ley B	2010	Widal (O) 1:80 (O)	[49]
Sub-Saharan Africa	Ley B	2011	Antibody (TUBEX, IgM)	[50]