An evaluation of oral-fluid collection devices for the determination of rubella antibody status in a rural Ethiopian community
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 92 (6) , 679-685
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90811-2
Abstract
We compared 3 different oral-fluid collection devices to assess their suitability for use in community studies of rubella antibody. Of 58 individualsKeywords
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