Challenges: Ordinary event or act of
bioterrorism?
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Accidental food poisoning cases common
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241,148 illnesses; 1064 hospitalizations
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Occasional TSS cases reported
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Challenges will be:
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Monitoring for a common environmental agent
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Establishing baseline levels
General analytical needs
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Detection of low levels SEA, SEB, & SEC
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Testing field labs and medical labs
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Variety matrices
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Food
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Air filters, water, environmental surfaces
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Human samples including nasal swabs, sterile body
fluids
