Evaluation of a finger-stick specimen collection method for seroepidemiology of antibody to hepatitis A virus
- PMID: 6257754
- PMCID: PMC273753
- DOI: 10.1128/jcm.13.1.217-218.1981
Evaluation of a finger-stick specimen collection method for seroepidemiology of antibody to hepatitis A virus
Abstract
A finger-stick swab method of collecting blood specimens was shown to compare favorably with the conventional venipuncture method in serological determinations of antibody to hepatitis A virus by radioimmunoassay.
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