After sampling, swabs were placed into tubes containing 5 mL of PBST.
‡Concentration of Legionella spp. detected in water specimens, attributed to the presence of sampling swabs.
After sampling, swabs were immediately placed in cooler boxes, covered with ice packs, and transported to the field laboratory for microbiologic analysis within 12 hours.
After sampling, swabs were immediately inoculated in 1 mL of modified liquid Amies transport medium and transferred at room temperature to the Regional Laboratory of Public Health (Haarlem, the Netherlands).
After sampling, swabs were put into tubes containing viral transport medium and stored at −80°C until shipment to the Netherlands on dry ice, as described (9 ).
The coupons were then sampled with swabs.
Mice were sampled using swabs on day 3 and day 7 post infection.
Soil samples, swabs and other chemical tests have so far turned up no evidence of anthrax or other materials that would make chemical or biological weapons, the officials said.
Briefly, to extract Bd DNA from field samples, one ml of 70% ethanol was added to microcentrifuge tubes containing sample swabs and stored overnight at −20°C.
No viral RNA was detected in any samples (swabs, feces, or water) for two negative control ducks co-housed in a nearby pen.
