Isolation of Thermotolerant Campylobacter - Review and Methods for New Zealand Laboratories
Date of publication: May 2003 (Revised edition)
Enteric zoonotic diseases are major contributors to water- and food-borne disease, including gastroenteritis. In New Zealand the most significant micro-organisms causing zoonotic diseases are the bacteria Campylobacter spp., some strains of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and the protozoa Giardia and Cryptosporidium.
The Enteric Zoonotic Disease Research in New Zealand Steering Committee has a shared interest in developing strategies for their control. The report on the Isolation of Thermotolerant Campylobacter – Review and Methods for New Zealand Laboratories by Andrea Donnison (AgResearch) has been received and covers one of the gaps in gastroenteritis diseases management in New Zealand.
The report summarises the current national and international analytical methods that have been established to recover Campylobacter spp. from samples of different types, including water, food, sediments, soil, and animal and human faeces (specimens). The report provides a variety of robust, sensitive and cost-effective methods for isolation of thermotolerant campylobacters for New Zealand laboratories. These methods may be used as potential benchmark methods for detection and isolation of Campylobacter spp. for New Zealand laboratories. The aim of this report is to cover one of the gaps in research and burden of enteric zoonoses in New Zealand.
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