AOAC Annual Meeting_AIMS

Cyclospora – AIMS Objectives and Possible Extensions

• Working Group Established • Arrive at an applicability statement • Produce consensus on: o Definitions (draft produced by sub-group) o Matrices to address – Produce (types) – Agricultural Waters?

– Drinking Water? – Other matrices?

o Address challenges with quantitation o Address viable but non-culturable – DD PCR as a possible solution o Strain Typing

AOAC INTERNATIONAL 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition August 26 – September 1, 2022 | Scottsdale, AZ

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