At C.E.S., Lahiri conducted experiments of his own, taking swabs from the smartphones of the technoscenti.
Swabs from the nose frequently yielded S. aureus, but only rarely S. lugdunensis.
At his urging, his lawyer filed a motion requesting DNA testing on the vaginal swabs from the original investigation.
Navy trainers took regular swabs from the dolphins' mouths and rectal areas and shipped the samples to Stanford on dry ice for analysis.
Tests on swabs from the firefighters' skin, clothing, breathing equipment and vehicles revealed PAH levels high enough to cause a 'marked elevated risk' of cancer.
Health officials reached their preliminary conclusion after conducting viral tests on nose or throat swabs from the eight students, which allowed them to eliminate other strains of flu.
Investigators took swabs from the area's mailboxes today, reviewing videotape from the post office lobby and interviewing residents and business owners.
Swabs from the groin and the lower extremities, especially the nail bed of the first toe, often yielded S. lugdunensis but rarely S. aureus.
He has teamed up with scientists in Alaska to get swabs from the cloacas of migrating birds, and he is looking in those samples for flu viruses that look like the one from 1918.
Swabs from the back of the phone could reveal what was left behind by hands, and chemicals detected on the front of phone, the scientists wrote, could shed light on a person's face.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is contributing oral and rectal swabs from the sea otters and seals it studies as part of its conservation, ecological and monitoring programs.
