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. 2006 Jun;72(6):4429-30.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.02923-05.

Evaluation of a macrofoam swab protocol for the recovery of Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface

L R Hodges  1 , L J Rose, A Peterson, J Noble-Wang, M J Arduino
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Evaluation of a macrofoam swab protocol for the recovery of Bacillus anthracis spores from a steel surface

L R Hodges et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2006 Jun.

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 < or =32.7% coefficient of variation in sampling precision and reproducibility for inocula of > or =38 spores.

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