Novel detection techniques for human pathogens that contaminate poultry.
Poultry products are presumed to be a major contributor to human foodborne illness due to their high frequency of contamination with pathogens Salmonella spp. and Campylobacter spp. This has stimulated the development of more sensitive and rapid methods for identifying pathogens present in poultry. These new methods include immunomagnetic separation of pathogen, PCR amplification of pathogen-specific sequences, pathogen-specific DNA and RNA probes, and identification of pathogen-specific ions by mass spectrometry.
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United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Food Safety and Health Unit, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710, USA. mandrell@pw.usda.gov
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D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D001709:Biotechnology; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D018189:Immunomagnetic Separation; D013058:Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity