swab
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Portnoy made his case in a 2016 review paper in the International Journal of Head and Neck Surgery titled “To Swab or Not to Swab.”
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2023
To restore the microbiomes of infants delivered by C-section, researchers have come up with a simple solution: Swab them with bacteria from their mother’s vagina shortly after they are born.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 14, 2023
Swab taken, she inserts the cotton bud with my sample into a tube for later testing.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2022
Swab tests in the community suggests 1.3% of the population - or one in 80 people - has the virus, up from one in 100 the week before.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2021
“Why didn’t you just talk to me? Tell me about the mayo and Cotton Swab instead of sneaking?”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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