Subsequently, the samples were forwarded to the clinical microbiology lab at AUBMC for further characterization.
After logging receipt, the samples were forwarded to the Medical Oncology Department at Charing Cross Hospital for assay.
The samples were forwarded to the National Veterinary Institute (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden for antibody testing after the milk quality testing had been done.
Panenterovirus reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) of feces, serum, and throat swab produced negative results, but the samples were forwarded to the NPRL for cell culture 2 days later (Table).
Cytopathic effect suggestive of an orthopoxvirus was noted in MRC-5, A549, and primary rhesus monkey kidney cells, and the samples were forwarded to the MDCH laboratory for further testing.
As a standard procedure, the swab samples were forwarded to the Central Veterinary Institute, the Netherlands' national reference laboratory.
In the case samples are forwarded to other institutions it would be advisable to keep the code at the sample collector and/or double code the samples.
Mycoplasma spp. infection was suspected, and the joint fluid samples were forwarded to the laboratory for specific culture; 2 were positive for Mycoplasma spp. These isolates were designated GN407 and GN408.
PVA-fixed samples were forwarded to the Parasitology Department of the Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
Seventeen A(H5N1)–positive samples were forwarded to the National Animal Health Laboratory, Indonesian Research Center for Veterinary Science (IRCVS), for virus isolation and genome sequencing.
