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Oct 2024
Copan and Puritan flocked swabs provide equivalent quality for epigenetic age prediction
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Jun 2023
Performance Comparison of MK Buffered Solution for Diagnostic Based of Sars-CoV-2 using quantitative PCR vs droplet digital PCR - ASM Microbe 2023
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Jun 2022
Evaluating preservation and quantification of SARS-Cov-2 RNA From a Collection and Transport System for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests
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May 2022
Evaluation and quantitation of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV-A) RNA from a Collection and Transport System for Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests
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Apr 2022
Performance Evaluation of MK Buffered Solution for a Collection and Transport System for Point-of-Care Diagnostic Based Detection of Viral RNA from Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV-A)
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Jul 2021
Evaluating RNA preservation and recovery of SARS-CoV-2 From a Collection and Transport System for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests
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Jun 2021
Evaluating DNA Preservation, Quantification and Inactivation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus From a Collection and Transport System for Rapid Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tests
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Jun 2018
Evaluation of efficacy of collection techniques for human genomic DNA: MAOA-uVNTR polymorphism
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Jun 2018
Comparative Evaluation of Puritan® and Copan Cary Blair Medium for Recovery of Enteric Pathogens Using Automated Plating - Presented at ASM Microbe 2018
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Jun 2018
Comparative Evaluation of Puritan® and Copan Lim Broth recovery of Group B Streptococcus Using Automated Plating - Presented at ASM Microbe 2018
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Jun 2018
Comparative Evaluation of Puritan® and Copan Sputum Solution for Recovery of Respiratory Pathogens Using Automated Plating - Presented at ASM Microbe 2018
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Apr 2018
Evaluating DNA Recovery of Enteric Pathogens From Puritan Fecal Opti-Swab® Collection & Transport System Following Prolonged Storage
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Jun 2017
Evaluation of RNA Preservation Buffers for the Storage of High Quality RNA in Clinical and Field Samples
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May 2017
Performance Evaluation of a Opti-Swab® Liquid Amies Based Medium in Quantitative Detection of Viral and Bacterial Pathogens Using Species Specific Q-PCR
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Feb 2017
Swab Sampling Method for the Detection of Human Norovirus on Surfaces - Published 2/6/17
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May 2015
Performance Evaluation of Puritan Opti-Swab™ Medium in Detection of Bordetella pertussis Using Real Time Q-PCR - Presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), May 2015
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Jan 2015
Journal of Medical Virology - Performance Evaluation of Puritan Universal Transport System (UniTranz-RT™) for Preservation and Transport of Clinical Viruses
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May 2014
Evaluation of Three Swab Transport Systems for the Recovery of Respiratory Tract Pathogens - Presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), May 2014
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May 2014
Performance Evaluation of Puritan UniTranz-RT™ Universal Transport System for the Detection of Influenza A Virus - Presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), May 2014
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May 2014
Engineering Validation of Puritan's Liquid Amies Transport System and Copan's WASP Automation - Presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), May 2014
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Apr 2014
A Simple Spectrophotometric Method to Measure Flocked Swab Absorption as an Alternative to Complex Research Methods - Presented at the CACMID AMMI Canada Annual Conference, April 2014
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Apr 2014
Performance Evaluation of Puritan UniTranz-RT™ Universal Transport System for the Detection of Respiratory Viruses - Presented at the Clinical Virology Symposium, April 2014
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Jan 2014
Effect of protein coating of flocked swabs on the collection and release of clinically important bacteria - Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
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Aug 2013
Comparison of Physical Characteristics and Collection and Elution Performance of Clinical Swabs - African Journal of Microbiology Research
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May 2013
Innovation in Single-Use Medical Device Development in Response to Customer Needs
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May 2013
Wisconsin Department of Justice Crime Laboratory Bureau & Forensic Swab Adhesive Change
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Feb 2013
Journal of Clinical Microbiology - Self-Collection of Foam Nasal Swabs for Respiratory Virus Detection by PCR among Immunocompetent Subjects and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Recipients
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Oct 2012
Environmental Sampling Kits Evaluation: Puritan Hydra Flocked Swabs vs. Puritan Polyester Spun Swabs
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Sep 2012
Drying Swabs: Nipping Moisture In the Bud - A Comparison of Two Different Self Drying Swabs for Sampling of Biological Stains
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Apr 2012
Examination of Swab Capture and Release of Pathogenic Bacteria on Representative Commercial Food Contact Surfaces
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Mar 2012
Microorganism Performance Evaluation of Puritan Liquid Amies Collection and Transport System
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Jan 2012
Performance Evaluation of Universal Transport Media Device using Clinically Relevant Bacteria
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Jan 2012
Lovelace - 2012 CVS Comparative Performance Evaluation of Viral Stability with UniTranz™ Devices
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Jan 2012
Evaluation of a New Viral Transport System for Culture Recovery of Influenza Viruses
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Jan 2012
Evaluation of Three Flocked Swabs and Two Liquid Amies Transport Systems of the Recovery of Fastidious Bacteria
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Jan 2012
Comparative Performance of Two Liquid Amies Transport Systems for the Recovery of Fastidious Bacteria Following the CLSI M40A Swab Elution Protocol at Room Temperature
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Nov 2011
Comparative Evaluation of Capture and Release of Pathogenic Bacteria by Flocked Swabs
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Sep 2011
Test Report on "Collection and Release Characteristics of Selected Clinical Swabs"
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Jan 2011
Recovery of Streptococcus Pneumonia Using the New Puritan Liquid Amies Transport System and Copan ESwab System at Room Temperature
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Jan 2011
Comparative Evaluation of Puritan and Copan Liquid Amies Transport System for the Recovery of Streptococcus Pneumonia against the CLSI M40A Standard
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May 2010
The Characterization of the Absorption and Release Properties of Various Clinical Swab Types - Presented at the Clinical Virology Symposium, May 2010
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Mar 2010
Clinical Performance of Foam vs. Flocked Swabs Collected from the Anterior Nares in Rapid Antigen Test for Influenza A & B
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Jan 2010
Comparison of Viability Performance of a New Flocked and Foam Swab Transported in E-Swab Liquid Amies Medium at Ambient Temperature
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Jan 2010
Zeta Potential Testing of Swab Fibers Reveals Puritan Flock Swabs Outperform Competitors
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Dec 2009
Studies on Physical and Microbiological Characteristics of Selected Clinical Swabs - Clean Earth Technologies, LLC
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