Download or read book DNA Probes for Infectious Diseases written by Fred C. Tenover and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1988-11-30 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of developing nucleic acid probes for infectious agents and novel methods of detecting the binding of probes to the target DNA and RNA are reviewed in this thorough volume. Probes to a wide variety of bacterial, viral and protozoan pathogens are presented in detail by the leaders of this dynamic field. Also presented is the use of probes for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria and other infectious agents. The impact of the high cost of this technology on the clinical microbiology laboratory and on the food industry, versus the potential benefits of early diagnosis or recognition of contaminated foodstuffs, is considered. This volume is indispensable to those who work in the field of infectious diseases, including pathologists, microbiologists and infectious disease clinicians. In addition, food microbiologists will also find this volume to be a useful resource.
Download or read book Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents written by David Kingsbury and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents is a collection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents held on October 5-7, 1983, in Oakland, California, and organized by the Naval Biosciences Laboratory of the School of Public Health of the University of California at Berkeley. Contributors examine progress in the field of rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on DNA probe-based assays and monoclonal and polyclonal antibody-based immunoassays. This volume is organized into five sections encompassing 20 chapters. It begins with an overview of state-of-the-art methods for rapid detection and identification of infectious agents, including technology that is currently applied in clinical microbiology, as well as concerns regarding the political and scientific climates, which have an impact on health care and clinical microbiology. Chapters are organized to deal with a single diagnostic type of test for a given broad group of organisms. The approach is to compare the strengths and weaknesses of each of the new diagnostic procedures, using the same type of clinical material whenever possible. The book gives consideration to the fundamental design of DNA probes and probe assay systems, the clinical comparison of immunologic assays for the diagnosis of meningococcal disease, and immunodiagnostics for viral and parasitic pathogens. This book will be of value to scientists and researchers interested in immunology and infectious diseases, as well as the methods used to detect and identify them.
Download or read book Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-11-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early detection is essential to the control of emerging, reemerging, and novel infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or intentionally introduced. Containing the spread of such diseases in a profoundly interconnected world requires active vigilance for signs of an outbreak, rapid recognition of its presence, and diagnosis of its microbial cause, in addition to strategies and resources for an appropriate and efficient response. Although these actions are often viewed in terms of human public health, they also challenge the plant and animal health communities. Surveillance, defined as "the continual scrutiny of all aspects of occurrence and spread of a disease that are pertinent to effective control", involves the "systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of health data." Disease detection and diagnosis is the act of discovering a novel, emerging, or reemerging disease or disease event and identifying its cause. Diagnosis is "the cornerstone of effective disease control and prevention efforts, including surveillance." Disease surveillance and detection relies heavily on the astute individual: the clinician, veterinarian, plant pathologist, farmer, livestock manager, or agricultural extension agent who notices something unusual, atypical, or suspicious and brings this discovery in a timely way to the attention of an appropriate representative of human public health, veterinary medicine, or agriculture. Most developed countries have the ability to detect and diagnose human, animal, and plant diseases. Global Infectious Disease Surveillance and Detection: Assessing the Challenges-Finding Solutions, Workshop Summary is part of a 10 book series and summarizes the recommendations and presentations of the workshop.
Download or read book Applications of DNA Probes for the Diagnosis of Human Infectious Diseases written by Roger A. Budd and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Use of DNA Probes for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases written by David T. Kingsbury and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNA hybridization is well established as an essential tool in modern molecular biology. In the past few years an increasing number of investigators have applied this technique to the detection and identification of a variety of infectious agents. A review of the scientific literature suggests that at the present time there are more than 20 DNA probes suitable for diagnostic purposes. The limiting factor in their full implementation as a diagnostic test is the development of a supporting 'system', including suitable procedures for sample preparation and a high specific activity, non-radioactive DNA tagging procedure.
Download or read book DNA Probes written by Leonard S. Lerman and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Recombinant DNA Technical Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nucleic Acid and Monoclonal Antibody Probes written by Bala Swaminathan and published by Marcel Dekker. This book was released on 1989 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Infectious Diseases Diagnosis written by H. V. Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines methods for diagnosis of infectious agents in humans and animals and detection of pathogens in food and water.
Download or read book Nucleic Acid Testing for Human Disease written by Attila Lorincz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nucleic Acid Testing for Human Disease describes various techniques including target and signal amplification-based NAT procedures, microarrays, bead-based multiplex assays, in situ hybridization, and SNP techniques. This book discusses RNA expression profiling and laboratory issues such as the need for proper validation of tests intended fo
Download or read book DNA Probes written by George H. Keller and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition is an updated version of the first edition, plus many new sections on specific applications of nucleic acid probes. Due to the explosion of such applications, experts in each major area have described their specialty. As in the first edition, the emphasis is on the commercial uses of DNA probes, as in diagnostic applications, and it incorporates background material, advice and specific protocols.
Download or read book Use and Interpretation of Tests in Infectious Diseases written by James B. Peter and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PCR Topics written by Arndt Rolfs and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCR, developed at Cetus Corporation/USA by Henry A. Erlich, Kary Mullis and Randall K. Saiki, is a very simple method for amplifying nucleic acids in vitro. The realization of this idea bases on the repetition of a set of three different temperatures and yields an increase of the target structure up to a factor of 106 to 1012. Therefore, this technique is predisposed for safe analysis and characterization of DNA and RNA sequences of interest, even where the starting amount of material is enormously small. Because of its sensitivity, speed and versatility this method is particularly suitable for investigations of oncogenes, tumor associated translocations, retroviral sequences, lymphokines and mainly the broad field of degenerative and inflammatory diseases of nervous system. PCR seems to be the technique which could overcome the two most important problems in that field: very small amount of material combined with the necessity of rapid diagnostic procedures in inflammatory infections. "PCR topics" will give an actual overview of basic and applied research fields on usage of polymerase chain reaction. All contributions to this book have been presented at an international congress on "Usage of Polymerase chain reaction in genetic and infectious diseases" which took place in june 1990 in Berlin. The editors wish to thank all participants for their contributions. We offer our thanks and gratitude to our coworkers and especially to our technical assistents Barbara Trampenau, Mirjana Wiirdemann and Hannelore Leonhard.
Download or read book Molecular Methods for Virus Detection written by Danny L. Wiedbrauk and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995-02-08 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Molecular diagnostic procedures have been described in a number of recent books and articles. However, these publications have not focused on virus detection, nor have they provided practical protocols for the newer molecular methods. Written by the inventors or principal developers of these technologies, Molecular Methods for Virus Detection provides both reviews of individual methods and instructions for detecting virus nucleic acid sequences in clinical specimens. Each procedure includes quality assurance protocols that are often ignored by other methodology books. Molecular Methods for Virus Detection provides clinically relevant procedures for many of the newer diagnostic methodologies. Provides state-of-the-art PCR methods for amplification, quantitation, in situ hybridization, and multiplex reactions Goes beyond PCR with protocols for 3SR, NASBA, LCR, SDA, and LAT Covers important virus detection methods such as in situ hybridization; Southern, dot, and slot blots; branched chain signal amplification; and chemiluminescence Includes quality control information crucial in research and clinical laboratories Most chapters are written by the inventors and principal developers of the methodologies Includes color plates, 77 figures, and 18 tables
Download or read book Molecular Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases written by Harald H. Kessler and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a unique way, the laboratory professionalist's knowledge about the molecular diagnostics of infectious diseases is connected with the clinician's practical experience. The increasing prevalence of infectious diseases makes correct diagnosis, ordering the right tests, quality control and correct interpretation of the results even more important. The possible pathogens are discussed in the second part according to the specific symptoms or to where the infection is located in the body. For clinicians and laboratory professionalists Up-to-date diagnostics of all infectious diseases Molecular diagnostics, diseases, choice of methods Specific pathogens in alphabetic order Tables and flow charts
Download or read book DNA Probes written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nucleic Acid Probes written by Robert H. Symons and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1989-03-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With each chapter written by a distinguished expert in the biochemistry field, this comprehensive volume describes the preparation and use of a variety of radioactive and non-radioactive probes in situations ranging from research laboratories to routine diagnosis laboratories. The enzymatic and chemical techniques for labeling nucleic acid probes with radioisotopes and with non-radioactive ligands and haptens are discussed. Additionally, the associated methods for their detection, the use of these probes in the diagnosis of human and microbial pathogens, of plant viruses and viroids, and of human genetic disorders, as well as in the detection of nucleic acids in tissues and cells by in situ hybridization are presented.
