| Article ID: | iaor1988571 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 355 |
| End Page Number: | 359 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1989 |
| Journal: | Journal of the Operational Research Society |
| Authors: | Farrington C.P. |
| Keywords: | inspection |
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.