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Biotechnology and infectious diseases : modern strategies for finding, evading and defeating wicked pathogens / Brooke A. Jude.

By: Jude, Brooke A.
Series: Biotechnology collection.New York, NY, USA : Momentum Press, LLC, ©2017Description: xiv, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 9781606509036 (pbk); 1606509039.Subject(s): Biotechnology -- Therapeutic use | Communicable diseases -- Treatment | Biomedical Technology | Communicable Diseases -- therapyDDC classification: 660.6 J88
Contents:
Pt. 1. Introduction to infectious diseases. Infectious diseases as wicked problems -- Defining the problem of infectious disease -- Infectious disease structure -- Infectious disease environment -- Wicked pathogens -- Pt. 2. Defining features of an infectious disease outbreak. Characterization of an infectious disease outbreak -- Early methods of infectious disease detection and surveillance -- Pt. 3. Biotechnology for detection, monitoring, and surveillance. Culture-based detection -- Culture independent detection of pathogens -- Oligonucleotide detection -- Nanodetection techniques -- Cellular sensor detectors -- Pt. 4. Biotechnological advances for treatment of infectious diseases. Treatment of symptoms -- Blockade of pathogen spread -- Host genome editing -- Pt. 5. Biotechnology and vaccine development. Introduction to immunological response -- Vaccine introductions -- Vaccine types and targets -- Vaccine formulation -- Vaccine adjuvants -- Route of vaccine delivery -- Future vaccine developments.
Summary: This text, Biotechnology and Infectious Diseases, will document a core set of infectious agents, as a method of describing ways to update diagnostic and therapeutic tools.
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CHS/M 616.89/G79 Psychopathology : CHS/M 616.89/G79 Psychopathology : CHS/M 616.89/G79 Psychopathology : CHS/M 660.6 J88 Biotechnology and infectious diseases : CHS/N 155.9042/R66 Practical stress management : CHS/N 174.2/C93 Current controversies in bioethics / CHS/N 362.1068/D64 Introduction to health care quality :

Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Introduction to infectious diseases. Infectious diseases as wicked problems -- Defining the problem of infectious disease -- Infectious disease structure -- Infectious disease environment -- Wicked pathogens -- Pt. 2. Defining features of an infectious disease outbreak. Characterization of an infectious disease outbreak -- Early methods of infectious disease detection and surveillance -- Pt. 3. Biotechnology for detection, monitoring, and surveillance. Culture-based detection -- Culture independent detection of pathogens -- Oligonucleotide detection -- Nanodetection techniques -- Cellular sensor detectors -- Pt. 4. Biotechnological advances for treatment of infectious diseases. Treatment of symptoms -- Blockade of pathogen spread -- Host genome editing -- Pt. 5. Biotechnology and vaccine development. Introduction to immunological response -- Vaccine introductions -- Vaccine types and targets -- Vaccine formulation -- Vaccine adjuvants -- Route of vaccine delivery -- Future vaccine developments.

This text, Biotechnology and Infectious Diseases, will document a core set of infectious agents, as a method of describing ways to update diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

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