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Significance
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Is brucellosis truly eradicated in the United
States?
•
Is
B. suis
distinguishable from
B. canis
?
•
Do feral swine pose a greater risk to human and
animal health than Yellowstone bison and elk?
•
Does our working group feel we can address the
standard method performance requirements for
B. suis
real‐time PCR assays, as well as for
B.
abortus
and
B. melitensis
?
General Analytical Needs
•
Working group tasked with addressing
B suis
.
•
Working group to decide if
B. abortus
and
B.
melitensis
can be addressed at the same time
•
Detection in aerosols (air collection of particulates
onto filters)
I l i
l
tbd
•
nc us on pane s ‐
•
Exclusion panels – tbd, but also a common SMPR
panel that has been established from air sampling
experiences (eg BioWatch)
•
Chemical contaminant background