Jude, Brooke A. <br/><br/>
Biotechnology and infectious diseases :  modern strategies for finding, evading and defeating wicked pathogens / 
Brooke A. Jude. 
 - xiv, 134 pages :   illustrations ;   23 cm. 
 - Biotechnology collection .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology   
<br/><br/><br/>Text in English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781606509036 (pbk) 1606509039 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biotechnology -- Therapeutic use. <br/>Communicable diseases -- Treatment. <br/>Biomedical Technology. <br/>Communicable Diseases -- therapy. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>660.6 J88