RAPID PATHOGEN
DETECTION WITH
CCC DEVICE
Researchers at Purdue University
in the USA have developed a novel
method for concentrating food
borne pathogens such
as Salmonella from food samples
much more rapidly than
conventional techniques.
Quick diagnosis of food borne
salmonella and other potentially
dangerous pathogens like never
before in an hour. This device
made us to reduce or to eliminate
the thread of causing serious food
borne illness.
This device uses hollow threadlike fibers that filter out the cells,
leading to faster detection. This
device concentrates the pathogens
in the food products.
First the sample is broken
down into liquid consistency &
then chemically pre-treated to
prevent the filtering
membrane from forming
lumps. Then the fluid is passed
through the hollow filter and
continues this filtering process
until the pathogens are
concentrated enough to be
detected”
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This invention brought attention
of many field including
microbiology, agriculture and also
food related industries. This device
can avoid the number of food
poisoning cases admitted to the
hospital every year.
The main food borne pathogens
which need to be eliminated by
this device are;
1. Bacillus cereus
2. Campylobacter jejuni
3. Clostridium perfringens
4. Cryptosporidium parvum
5. Escherichia coli 0157:H7
6. Giardia lamblia
7. Hepatitis A
8. Listeria monocytogenes
9. Norovirus
10.Salmonellosis
11. Staphylococcus
12. Shigella
13. Toxoplasma gondii
14. Vibrio
15. Yersiniosis
These pathogens are the serious
illness causing pathogens.They
needed to be eliminated from the
food products hence the danger of
food poisoning vanishes in the
nearest future.