Optimal screening policies for Hepatitis A.
This paper presents a simple method of determining optimal screening policies for detecting immunity to Hepatitis A virus in travellers to areas of high endemicity. The method is constrained by the requirement that screening policies be kept simple in order to ensure their wide implementation.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014195:Travel