The phrase "agents were detected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to surveillance, security, or scientific observations where the presence of agents is being noted or confirmed.
Example: "During the investigation, several agents were detected in the vicinity of the crime scene."
Alternatives: "agents were identified" or "agents were observed."
No infectious agents were detected by electron microscopy or immunohistochemistry when a panel of antiserum for detection of herpes simplex virus, polyomavirus, and adenovirus was used.
Paul F. Walker, an arms control expert who helped demilitarize Russia's chemical weapons stockpile in the 1990s, said he expected the report to contain precise details not only about what type of chemical agents were detected but also whether they had been delivered via rocket, artillery shell, aerial bomb or spray tank.
Additionally, the effect of change type, wherein changes to agents were detected faster than inanimate elements, draws comparisons to the animate monitoring hypothesis (New et al., 2007).
By using a random primed RT-PCR amplification strategy of grapevine double stranded RNA-enriched samples, viral agents were detected in single and mixed infections.
Viral or atypical bacterial agents were detected in the majority of the children, with the commonest being RSV, AdV, hRV, hMPV, hBoV and Mpp.
Other bacterial agents were detected in 45 cases, including S. aureus (n = 35), MRSA (n = 6), K. pneumoniae (n = 2), S. marcescens (n = 1), and A. baumannii (n = 2).
Second, they would build "shelter-in-place areas," large, secure rooms with air-lock entrances that commuters could dash into should chemical or biological agents be detected.
Finally, two BDI-type agents are detected with their attributes (Plan, Belief).
Genotypic resistance to all available agents was detected during this time.
In routine screening, hormone residues of all known growth promoting agents are detected by immuno assays or chromatographical methods in combination with mass spectrometry.
Adriano Fagiolini et al. [23] addressed the major problem where the uncooperative behavior in a team of hybrid agents are detected and proposed the architecture of a decentralized monitor to be embedded on the agents.
