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Evaluation of a Macrofoam Swab Protocol for the Recovery of Bacillus anthracis Spores from a Steel Surface |
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| Authors: | L R Hodges L J Rose A Peterson J Noble-Wang and M J Arduino |
| Abstract: | A protocol to recover Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface using macrofoam swabs was evaluated for its accuracy, precision, reproducibility, and limit of detection. Macrofoam swabs recovered 31.7 to 49.1% of spores from 10-cm2 steel surfaces with a ≤32.7% coefficient of variation in sampling precision and reproducibility for inocula of ≥38 spores. |
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