Developing improved sampling and methods detection of water-borne disease in water
Emerging biosensor platforms for the assessment of water-borne pathogens.
Pathogens are key contaminants in water that are responsible for the generation of various water-borne diseases, and include viruses, fungi, bacteria, and protozoan parasites. The pathogenic effects of these species in water depend on their shape, size, composition, and structure. The resulting water-borne diseases are a serious threat to the environment, including to humans and animals, and are directly responsible for environmental deterioration and pollution. The potential presence of these pathogens requires sensitive, powerful, efficient, and ideally real-time monitoring methods for their reproducible quantification.
Solution characteristics
- Academia & Research Organisations (A&R)
- Water pollution
- Lab test
- Technological Solution
- Public Health and Risk Prevention
- Process
- TRL 4 technology validated in lab
Solution provider
Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
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