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. 1981 Jan;13(1):217-18.
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

K A McCaustland, W W Bond, D W Bradley, M S Favero, N J Petersen, J E Maynard

Evaluation of a finger-stick specimen collection method for seroepidemiology of antibody to hepatitis A virus

K A McCaustland et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1981 Jan.

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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