Sears S D, Ferreccio C, Levine M M
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1986 Feb;51(2):425-6. doi: 10.1128/aem.51.2.425-426.1986.
Moore swabs (sewer swabs) have been used successfully to culture pathogenic organisms from wastewater. Sensitivity seems to depend on the size of the waterway sampled as well as the number of organisms present. In Santiago, Chile, we placed 24 swabs into the sewers draining the homes of 10 known chronic carriers of typhoid. Swabs were positive for Salmonella typhi in 5 of the 10 households (50%) and 6 of the 24 swabs placed (25%).
穆尔拭子（下水道拭子）已成功用于从废水中培养致病生物。敏感性似乎取决于所采样水道的大小以及存在的生物数量。在智利圣地亚哥，我们将24个拭子放入排泄10名已知伤寒慢性携带者家中的下水道中。在10户家庭中的5户（50%）以及所放置的24个拭子中的6个（25%）检测出伤寒沙门氏菌呈阳性。
