Infectious intestinal disease (IID) causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Detection and identification of the causative microorganism is important to allow for effective patient care, outbreak detection and timely public health interventions. which may reduce the number of cases and deaths. Routine detection of bacterial pathogens in foods and faeces relies on culture-based methods and phenotypic identification. However, these methods arc laborious and take several days to achieve results. Also separate methods must be performed for each target pathogen, increasing labour further. PCR-based approaches offer a rapid altemative method. which maintains specific and sensitive detection.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:601749 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | McCune, Victoria Louise |
| Publisher | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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