TRACK 5 - MICROBIOLOGY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (CYCLOSPORA)

项目摘要/摘要 MDHHS BOL是一家获得国际标准化组织17025认证的食品检测实验室，从而支持全州范围内的食品 疫情调查和参加蕨类监测和增援演习。将新鲜农产品视为 作为人类环孢子虫病的潜在载体，BOL希望增加检测环孢子虫病的能力 食品中的环孢子虫卵囊。目前还没有经过验证的分子方法来促进连接 人类疾病对彼此、对食品运输工具或其来源的影响。因此，环孢子虫病暴发疫情调查 主要依靠寄生虫诊断和流行病学数据。 目标： ·发展MDHHS BOL能力和检测人类食品中环孢子虫卵囊的能力 用聚合酶链式反应。 ·大大加强实验室在发生疫情时发现环孢子菌的能力 调查、持续监视和来源追踪。MDHHS将在以下特别活动中协助FDA 检测环孢菌素。

Project summary/Abstract MDHHS BOL is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory for food testing thereby supporting statewide food borne outbreak investigations and participating FERN surveillance and surge exercises. Considering fresh produce as a potential vehicle for human cyclosporiasis, BOL would like to increase the capability for the detection of Cyclospora oocysts in food products. There are currently no validated molecular methods to facilitate linking human illness to each other, to food vehicles, or their sources. Therefore, cyclosporiasis outbreak investigations rely primarily on parasitic diagnosis and epidemiologic data. Objectives: • To develop MDHHS BOL capacity and capability for detecting Cyclospora oocysts in human food produce by PCR. • Significantly enhance the laboratory capacity for detecting Cyclospora in the event of outbreak investigations, ongoing surveillance, and source tracking. MDHHS would assist FDA in special events in testing for Cyclospora.