Evaluation of a finger-stick specimen collection method for seroepidemiology of antibody to hepatitis A virus.
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.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D006507:Hepatovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
D000914:Antibodies, Viral