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UNINA9910830334403321 |
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Titolo |
Fighting infection in the 21st century [[electronic resource] /] / edited by P.W. Andrew ... [et al.] |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-34867-1 |
9786612348679 |
0-470-69595-1 |
0-470-69520-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Communicable diseases |
Anti-infective agents |
Vaccines |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Fighting Infection in the 21st Century; Contents; The global threat of emerging infectious diseases; Can molecular techniques be used in the prevention of contamination of processed food by pathogens?; Is global clean water attainable?; Vaccine development: past, present and future; Live attenuated vectors: have they delivered?; New malaria vaccines: the DNA-MVA prime-boost strategy; Prospects for new and rediscovered therapies: probiotics and phage; Vaccine production in plants |
Conserved epitopes in bacterial lipopolysaccharides and cross-reactive antibodies in the treatment of endotoxicosis and Gram-negative septic shockBiological terrorism; Characterization of bacterial isolates with molecular techniques: multilocus sequence typing; Lessons from the first antibiotic era; New strategies for identifying and developing novel vaccines: genome-based discoveries; Are molecular methods the optimum route to antimicrobial drugs?; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The 20th century has seen improvements in both public health and disease prevention which, in turn, have had a dramatic impact on our lives. Success in preventing infection by vaccination and treating |
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