As part of your standard care, before treatment you will have blood drawn (around 2 teaspoons) for routine blood tests. You will have a washing from your throat and nose collected. For this procedure, around 1 teaspoon of saline will be sprayed into each nostril and you will blow your nose into a cup. You will have a swab of the nose and throat. You will also have a chest x-ray to check on the status of the disease. Women who are able to have children must have a negative blood or urine pregnancy test.