This could be useful in remote and hard to sample areas, in cases where bringing samples back to the lab may change their composition, and for gaining information in real time — such as detecting and identifying
pathogens during epidemics in remote areas, or when conditions are rapidly changing.
By avoiding delays that come with having to return samples to a laboratory for analysis, the methodology could also be used on Earth to detect and identify
pathogens during epidemics in remote areas.
Not exact matches
Environmental conditions that existed
during the
epidemic should also coincide with the
pathogen's behavior under laboratory conditions.