# TRACK 5 - MICROBIOLOGY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (CYCLOSPORA)

> **NIH FDA U19** · MICHIGAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES · 2020 · $75,000

## Abstract

Project summary/Abstract 
MDHHS BOL is an ISO 17025 accredited laboratory for food testing thereby supporting statewide food borne 
outbreak investigations and participating FERN surveillance and surge exercises. Considering fresh produce as 
a potential vehicle for human cyclosporiasis, BOL would like to increase the capability for the detection of 
Cyclospora oocysts in food products. There are currently no validated molecular methods to facilitate linking 
human illness to each other, to food vehicles, or their sources. Therefore, cyclosporiasis outbreak investigations 
rely primarily on parasitic diagnosis and epidemiologic data. 
Objectives: 
• To develop MDHHS BOL capacity and capability for detecting Cyclospora oocysts in human food produce 
 by PCR. 
• Significantly enhance the laboratory capacity for detecting Cyclospora in the event of outbreak 
 investigations, ongoing surveillance, and source tracking. MDHHS would assist FDA in special events in 
 testing for Cyclospora.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10175409
- **Project number:** 1U19FD007116-01
- **Recipient organization:** MICHIGAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
- **Principal Investigator:** Marty Soehnlen
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** FDA
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $75,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2021-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10175409

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10175409, TRACK 5 - MICROBIOLOGY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (CYCLOSPORA) (1U19FD007116-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10175409. Licensed CC0.

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