Answer: <p><strong><u>Collection and preservation of viral specimen</u></strong></p>
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<li>Methods or media by which the bacteria is used to transport is not appropriate for the transport of virus.</li>
<li>Viral transport media is done to maintain and prevent the virus from dryness , viral viability during the process of transportation of virus and also prevent the overgrowth of contaminating bacteria.</li>
<li>Many of the formulations contain either Eagles minimum essential medium or Hanks balanced salt solution, along with fetal bovine serum or bovine serum albumin(BSA)</li>
<li>Especially in all cases for the viral analysis specimen collection , all the specimen should be collected in a good and appropriate manner from target organs.</li>
<li>Liquid-based transport systems contain a protein (BSA, gelatin , or fetal bovine serum) and a combination of microbial agents in buffered solutions.</li>
<li>Tissues for the viral analysis is also can be placed in this type of medium. For the virus transport phosphate buffered sucrose transport system is used.</li>
<li>If the available specimen in the laboratory is not placed appropriately in Stuart or Amies bacterial transport system then the specimen can be transferred into the viral transport medium system.</li>
<li>Collected swabs of the specimen are rinsed in a viral transport medium.</li>
<li>During the process of transportation, most of the virus are well survive at ambient (favorable) temperature. So the recovery of the viruses from the specimen with less in the number of a virus may be decreased by following the prolonged holding under the transportation condition, therefore, during the process of virus transportation, an ice or refrigerator is used.</li>
<li>Collected specimen of the virus should not be exposed above the room temperature</li>
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