Fighting infection in the 21st century / / edited by P.W. Andrew ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019673703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005
• ISBN: 9786612348679; 9781282348677; 1282348671; 9780470695951; 0470695951; 9780470695203; 047069520X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AndrewP. W
• Disciplina: 579; 616.9
• Soggetti: Communicable diseases; Anti-infective agents; Vaccines
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 infection with antibiotics led some to believe that infectious disease was a thing of the past. However, the adaptability of pathogens and the emergence of new diseases has presented microbiologists with a fresh set of challenges as we enter the new millennium. While celebrating past successes and highlighting developing problems, this volume aims to address some of the issues facing microbiologi