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

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Disciplina: 579; 616.9
• Soggetto topico: Communicable diseases; Anti-infective agents; Vaccines
• Altri autori: AndrewP. W
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Fighting infection in the 21st century
• ISBN: 1-282-34867-1; 9786612348679; 0-470-69595-1; 0-470-69520-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830334403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II