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- Title
Rapid Detection Methods for Bacterial Pathogens in Ambient Waters at the Point of Sample Collection: A Brief Review.
- Authors
Li, Jing; Zhu, Yanzhe; Wu, Xunyi; Hoffmann, Michael R
- Abstract
The world is currently facing a serious health burden of waterborne diseases, including diarrhea, gastrointestinal diseases, and systemic illnesses. The control of these infectious diseases ultimately depends on the access to safe drinking water, properly managed sanitation, and hygiene practices. Therefore, ultrasensitive, rapid, and specific monitoring platforms for bacterial pathogens in ambient waters at the point of sample collection are urgently needed. We conducted a literature review on state-of-the-art research of rapid in-field aquatic bacteria detection methods, including cell-based methods, nucleic acid amplification detection methods, and biosensors. The detection performance, the advantages, and the disadvantages of the technologies are critically discussed. We envision that promising monitoring approaches should be automated, real-time, and target-multiplexed, thus allowing comprehensive evaluation of exposure risks attributable to waterborne pathogens and even emerging microbial contaminants such as antibiotic resistance genes, which leads to better protection of public health.
- Subjects
BACTERIAL disease risk factors; RISK factors of environmental exposure; BACTERIA; BIOSENSORS; DRUG resistance in microorganisms; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring; HYGIENE; PUBLIC health; RISK assessment; SANITATION; AQUATIC microbiology; WATER supply; NUCLEIC acid amplification techniques; ANALYTICAL chemistry
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2020, Vol 71, pS84
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/cid/ciaa498