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