STAKEHOLDER PANEL ON Agent
Detection Assays
Background & Fitness for Purpose
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
Sandra Tallent, PhD
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Researc Micro io ogist US FDA
AOAC Rockville, MD
February 3, 2015
Background on Staphylococcal enterotoxins
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Pyrogenic exoproteins
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Stable proteins
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Water soluble
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Heat resistant
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Protease resistant
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Tolerate extreme pH changes
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Twenty‐three homologous serologically distinct
SEs identified
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SEA‐SEE select agent status
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Superantigenic
