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Specimens were tested for cellularity by quantifying a genomic DNA <i>(erv-3)<\/i>. The number of cells was assessed from prepared slides by automated image analysis. Performance was compared between swabs using 2-sample t tests and standard crossover trial analysis methods accounting for period effect. <i>Results:<\/i> Flocked swabs collected slightly more <i>erv-3<\/i> cells than Dacron for the first sample although not significantly (p = 0.18) and a similar number of <i>erv-3<\/i> cells for the second sample (p = 0.85). Flocked swabs collected slightly more cells per slide than the Dacron swabs at both time periods although this was only significant in the second time period (p = 0.42 and 0.03 for first and second periods, respectively). In crossover trial analysis, flocked swabs outperformed Dacron for cell count per slide based on slide imaging (p = 0.03), but Dacron and flocked swabs performed similarly based on <i>erv-3<\/i> quantification (p = 0.14). <i>Conclusions:<\/i> Further studies should determine whether flocked swabs increase the representation of diagnostically important cells compared to Dacron.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1159\/000329488","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,7,22]],"date-time":"2011-07-22T06:51:38Z","timestamp":1311317498000},"page":"364-367","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["A Comparison of Dacron versus Flocked Nylon Swabs for Anal Cytology Specimen Collection"],"prefix":"10.1159","volume":"55","author":[{"given":"Julia C.","family":"Gage","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Arpita","family":"Ghosh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sylvia","family":"Borgonovo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Follansbee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Wentzensen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Patti E.","family":"Gravitt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Niels","family":"Grabe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bernd","family":"Lahrmann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Philip E.","family":"Castle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"127","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,7,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097%2F00042560-199704150-00004"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1097%2F00126334-200408010-00004"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016%2Fj.jviromet.2009.08.011"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1128%2FJCM.43.11.5526-5535.2005"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1158%2F1055-9965.EPI-05-0055"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1158%2F1078-0432.CCR-04-2599"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016%2FS0166-0934%2800%2900244-5"}],"container-title":["Acta Cytologica"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Pdf\/329488","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.karger.com\/Article\/Pdf\/329488","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,23]],"date-time":"2025-04-23T18:20:05Z","timestamp":1745432405000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/karger.com\/article\/doi\/10.1159\/000329488"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2011]]},"references-count":7,"journal-issue":{"issue":"4","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,1]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2011,7,26]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1159\/000329488","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0001-5547","1938-2650"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0001-5547"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1938-2650"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2011]]}}}