Evaluation of a finger-stick specimen collection method for seroepidemiology of antibody to hepatitis A virus.
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چکیده
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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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 13 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981