The present invention relates to a brush (1) for cleaning or sampling body tissue.The brush (1) comprises a support (2) that is provided with at least one row (3)of brush hairs (5) as well as one second row (4) of brush hairs (16). The first andsecond rows are mutually parallel and are situated next to one another. Each brushhair (5,6) has a proximal end (7) facing the support (2) and a distal end (9) facingaway from the support (2). The first row (3) of brush hairs (5) comprises a strip(30) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the first row (3) and a longitudinalside (32) of which is fixed to the support (2). The proximal ends (7) of the brushhairs (5) in the first row (3) are fixed to the other longitudinal side (34) of thestrip (30).
