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The animals from the (N × 61) × N backcross were inoculated at six weeks of age with Salmonella typhimurium and cloacal swabs were studied from wk 1 to 4 (thereafter called CSW1BC to CSW4BC).

The presence of influenza (H5N1) virus in these swabs was studied by inoculation into embryonated eggs and by real-time reverse transcription PCR that targeted the matrix gene.

Antimicrobial drug resistance in Escherichia coli isolated on site from fecal or cloacal swabs of Arctic birds was studied.

Concordance was studied for rectal swab and drainage specimens.

The presence of viable EBOV and viral RNA in body fluids of EVD patients has been studied, and oral swabbing has been shown to be effective for diagnosis of EVD by RT-PCR compared with testing of serum samples from the same persons (10, 11 ).

The swabs will be sent for analysis to the laboratory operated by the state's Department of Health and Senior Services, which has been studying the F.B.I. investigators' most recent swabs of mailboxes in the area.

For enrolled participants, rectal swabs were obtained at study entry.

Nasopharyngeal swabs were taken at study entry and then weekly.

Nose and throat swabs were collected by study staff from all household members at each visit, and daily symptom diaries were completed by household members, permitting the identification of influenza transmission within the household as well as the evaluation of the dynamic relationship between symptoms and viral shedding.

A recent study in which swabs were used to take cultures from the splash basin found a contamination rate of only 2% (Glait et al. 2011), and the authors speculated that the discrepancy might be partly due to differences in sampling methods but our findings do not support this.

Nasal swabs were performed in all studies, though only in six studies by swabbing the anterior nares.