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The 'nil by mouth' samples received during the study were treated as negative controls for the feeding regime comparison.
Mouth samples were obtained by firmly rubbing the dors of the tongue, mucosal part of the cheeks and the hard palate, using a single swab.
As different salivary glands contribute different amounts to oral fluids, results may differ depending on where in the mouth samples are collected.
The distribution of bacterial species was different in tubes from 'nil by mouth' samples compared with all other regimes added together (chi-square = 16.28, 7DF P < 0.05).
Roseoloviruses were common in mouth samples, and they were also common in skin and nose habitats, which could result from transfer of material carrying these viruses.
In fact, if HHV-7 was detected in mouth samples taken during the first evaluation, it was also detected in samples from the second visit in greater than 90% of the subjects.
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Patients who agreed to participate were sent an enrollment package containing an introductory letter, summary information about the study, an informed consent form, instructions for submitting a mouthwash sample, a safety-sealed sample of mouthwash, and a wide-mouth sample-collection bottle.
Mouth swab samples were placed directly into RLT buffer (Qiagen) while epithelium tissue samples, from clinically diseased animals, were initially collected in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and then transferred to RNAlater (Ambion) in a laboratory prior to transportation to DTU Vet, Lindholm.
Subsequently the gill wash, nasal wash, and mouth wash samples were analyzed which yielded trypsin activity corresponding to the 25 kDa band, whereas only the samples from the gill wash corresponded to the larger band.
Whole mouth saliva samples (WMSSs) clarified using either the collectors or centrifugation (or a combination) were spiked with plasma-based control samples as provided with the OraQuick ADVANCE Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody Test (OraSure Technologies): a borderline positive and a negative control sample.
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