Meanings of pharyngeal swabs in English

Methods: In surveying the birds, the cloacal and pharyngeal swabs were taken from each bird separately using sterile cotton-tippedapplicator swabs.

To determine whether the pandemic virus had circulated among cats, serum samples and pharyngeal swabs were collected from 38 cats of the colony.

A group of 11 bacterial strains was isolated during microbiological investigations of pharyngeal swabs collected from domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica).

Pharyngeal swabs conducted two weeks after discharge were negative for SARS-CoV-2 RNA.

Pharyngeal swabs were obtained before and after administration of study treatment through 180 days.

Pharyngeal swabs were obtained on four occasions between November 2008 and May 2009.

Pharyngeal swabs and acute and convalescent phase sera were obtained from outpatients presenting with signs and symptoms of an acute respiratory infection.

Procedure: Pharyngeal swabs from patients with fevers of unknown origin, flu-like symptoms or bronchopneumonia were screened for H1N1 using PCR.