Sentence examples for swabs were combined from inspiring English sources
When results from tongue and throat swabs were combined, sensitivity increased to 77%.
The swabs were combined in one cryovial containing viral transport medium, stored refrigerated, and delivered to the UPMC Clinical Virology Laboratory within 72 hours.
These index subjects provided nasal and throat swab (NTS) specimens which were combined and tested with the QuickVue Influenza A+B rapid diagnostic test (Quidel Corp, San Diego, CA) and those subjects with a positive result for influenza A or B were randomized and further followed up.
Nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs from cases and controls were combined into 1 ml of viral transport media without antibiotics and transported the same day at 2°C −8°C to KEMRI/CDC laboratories in Nairobi (<30 minutes by automobile), where each specimen was divided into four aliquots and stored at −70°C until testing.
Eventually they were combined.
Combined vaginal-rectal swabs were collected and processed following the CDC guideline [ 17].
Nasopharyngeal swabs or combined nasal and oropharyngeal swabs were also obtained as part of the enrollment interview and tested for influenza by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Combined nasopharyngeal and throat swabs were taken from each participant, placed in viral transport medium and transported to the laboratory for storage at −80°C.
Combined nose and/or throat swabs were obtained from selected patients presenting to physicians in sentinel practices with influenza-like illness.
At recruitment, additional nose and throat swabs were collected using sterile foam swabs and then combined and tested by the QuickVue Influenza A+B rapid diagnostic test.
