Widal test Patientssuffering from enteric fever would possess antibodies(agglutinins) in their sera Widal test is a tube agglutination test for the detection of agglutinins(antibodies) for H and O antigen for salmonella in patients with enteric fever The test is named after Georges Fernand Isidore Widal, a French physician and bacteriologist, born March 9, 1862, Algeria; died January14, 1929, Paris The result will be used as an indirect signal bf the infection Patients’ suffering from enteric fever would possess antibodies (agglutinins) in their sera  Widal test is a tube agglutination test for the detection of agglutinins (antibodies) for H and O antigen for salmonella in patients with enteric fever  The test is named after Georges Fernand Isidore Widal, a French physician and bacteriologist, born March 9, 1862, Algeria; died January14, 1929, Paris  The result will be used as an indirect signal of the infection Widal test