TY - JOUR AU - Spengler, Jessica AU - Chakrabarti, Ayan AU - Coleman-McCray, JoAnn AU - Martin, Brock AU - Nichol, Stuart AU - Spiropoulou, Christina AU - Bird, Brian T1 - Utility of Oral Swab Sampling for Ebola Virus Detection in Guinea Pig Model T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2015 VL - 21 IS - 10 SP - 1816 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To determine the utility of oral swabs for diagnosing infection with Ebola virus, we used a guinea pig model and obtained daily antemortem and postmortem swab samples. According to quantitative reverse transcription PCR analysis, the diagnostic value was poor for antemortem swab samples but excellent for postmortem samples. KW - Ebola KW - viral hemorrhagic fever KW - qRT-PCR KW - oral swab KW - guinea pig KW - wild-type Ebola virus KW - viruses DO - 10.3201/eid2110.150840 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/10/15-0840_article ER - End of Reference