Sentence examples for swabs were tested from inspiring English sources

The swabs were tested for a wide range of biological agents, including smallpox and anthrax, he said.

Later, when scientists began suspecting that a mysterious virus was spreading, his nasal and throat swabs were tested and Édgar was found to have had the H1N1 virus.

The overall trend is that the prevalence of N. gonorrhoeae and T. pallidum has dropped significantly in China (Chen et al. 2011; Adachi et al. 2016), congruent to the findings as none of the 133 vaginal swabs were tested positive for N. gonorrhoeae and T. pallidum in this study.

Self-administered vaginal swabs were tested for Trichomonas vaginalis.

Vaginal and cervical swabs were tested for other RTIs [19], [20], [23].

(i) Nasal swabs were tested using rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT) and two RT-PCR assays.

Swabs are tested for influenza A and B using real time RT-PCR testing.

Currently, all NP swabs are tested using the IS481 HP assay, and positive specimens are cultured.

Swabs are tested for influenza A and B by a real time RT-PCR (reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction) at the Alberta Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (ProvLab).

In this study, samples were diluted in VTM (about 2 ml); however, we believe the detection rate will improved even further if clinical swabs are tested with a reduced volume of this medium.

The 52 negative specimens (47 CSFs, 4 sera and 1 throat swab) were tested for HPeV, with positive detection in 9 (17 %) of them.