All polymorphic sites selected for genetic association testing were submitted for assay development to the "Assay by Design" service (Applied Biosystems).
Oral fluid or blood specimens from clients with reactive rapid tests were submitted to local laboratories for enzyme immunoassay (EIA) screening (optional) followed by WB or IFA confirmation (initial confirmatory testing).
For final eligibility, two sets of visual field examinations had to meet OHTS criteria for reliability and had to be classified as "normal". All OHTS visual field tests of potential subjects were submitted for eligibility assessment to the OHTS Visual Field Reading Center.
The 25 isolates sent to CDC as described above were submitted for susceptibility tests using the E-test method according to Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute standards for Enterobacteriaceae (21 ).
All specimens were submitted for testing at the National Institute of Health of Thailand, except 1, which was tested at Virology Laboratory at Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.
Similarly, serum samples from 8 Bartonella-uninfected ("specific pathogen free [SPF]") cats were submitted for testing and were both culture and IFA negative.
Thereafter, only limited samples, collected at the discretion of the clinicians, from OPD were submitted for testing.
However, during this period of surveillance, only 99 Daubenton's bats were submitted for testing.
Specimens from 48 (96.0%) of the 50 residents were submitted for testing.
