Detection of antibodies against hepatitis A in blood spots dried on filter paper. Is this a reliable method for epidemiological studies?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-191

  Gil, A ^a   Gonzalez A ^b   Dal re R ^b   Dominguez, V ^a   Astasio, P ^a   Aguilar, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS A ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTER; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS A ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 0030937735     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007297     Document Type: Article

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