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Development and validation of rapid viable pathogen testing and enumeration at low levels by a simple & low cost method. - FS1213
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Description
New specific and highly sensitive liposome-amplified
detection will be further developed at CAMR for rapidly
detecting viable pathogens. It will be implemented and
critically evaluated at LGC as a
microbiologically-compatible contact gel for testing and
enumerating viable organisms grown at low numbers, where the
presumptive isolates rapidly detected can be grown on into
colonies for established microbiology and confirmation of
the rapid method in the expert laboratory. The investigation
will make use of rapid ultrasonic extraction of organisms
using the detection gel to collect the ultrasonically swept
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Objective
1. To develop sensitive and specific detection gel
responding directly to the viability and antigenicity of
selected model pathogens in food poisoning.
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Time-Scale and Cost
From:
1993
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To:
1996
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Cost: £244,637 |
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Contractor / Funded Organisations
Health Protection Agency |
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