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Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases : principles and practices /

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Designed as both a textbook and a reference, this book outlines the principles, methods, and application of this new discipline of public health. Techniques used in the field of molecular biology have been recognized as critical tools in solving infectious disease problems. This introductory volume,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Riley, Lee. W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, ©2004.
Series:Textbook, ASM Press.
Subjects:
Molecular epidemiology > Laboratory manuals.
Medical laboratory technology.
Molecular epidemiology.
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Communicable Diseases > epidemiology
Communicable Diseases > microbiology
Microbiological Techniques
Molecular Epidemiology > methods
Molecular Epidemiology
Laboratory Manual
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principles and approaches
  • Laboratory methods used for strain typing of pathogens: conventional and molecular techniques
  • Laboratory methods used for strain typing pathogens: PCR-based strain typing methods
  • Analysis of similarity and relatedness in molecular epidemiology
  • Distinguishing epidemic and endemic occurrence of infectious diseases
  • Stratification and refinement of data in epidemiologic investigations
  • Distinguishing pathovars from nonpathovars: escherichia coli
  • Distinguishing pathovars from nonpathovars: streptococcus pneumoniae
  • Distinguishing pathovars from nonpathovars: helicobacter pylori
  • Hospital infections: staphylococcus aureus
  • Hospital infections: gram-negative bacteria
  • Identifying pathogen's biologic determinants of disease transmission.