AOAC Annual Meeting_AIMS

Testing Landscape • Early laboratory detection methods were limited to direct microscopy and staining methods • This is not a perfect method, since there is no way to increase the concentration of the parasite in the sample to “detectable levels”

• These methods lack the required sensitivity for the detection of low concentration of oocysts in food matrices

• It can be challenging to differentiate Cyclospora from other Coccidian parasites in a sample

• Techniques for detecting and typing critical for understanding and containing spread

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

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