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Surveillance of measles in the Sudan using filter paper blood samples.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 2004
El Mubarak H S, Yüksel S, Mustafa O M, Ibrahim S A, Osterhaus A D M E, de Swart R L
Abstract excerpt
Dried blood spots collected on filter paper are considered potential clinical specimens for measles surveillance because of their ease of collection, storage, and transport. The usefulness of these samples for surveillance of measles was evaluated in a field setting. Blood spots were collected by finger-prick from 316 clinically diagnosed measles patients in suburban Khartoum, mostly within a week after onset of...
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