Molecular epidemiology of infectious diseases
Subtitle: principles and practices
By: Lee W. Riley
Publisher: ASM Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Molecular epidemiology -- Laboratory manuals; Communicable diseases -- Epidemiology -- Laboratory manuals
Genres: Laboratory manuals
Description: "Designed as both a textbook and a reference, Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases: Principles and Practices outlines the principles, methods, and applications 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, distinguishing molecular epidemiology from taxonomy and phylogeny, will familiarize epidemiologists with molecular biology and molecular biologists with epidemiology, and it will present vocabulary and concepts of both fields to infectious disease clinicians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Principles and approaches; title: Laboratory methods used for strain typing of pathogens: conventional and molecular techniques; title: Laboratory methods used for strain typing pathogens: PCR-based strain typing methods; title: Analysis of similarity and relatedness in molecular epidemiology; title: Distinguishing epidemic and endemic occurrence of infectious diseases; title: Stratification and refinement of data in epidemiologic investigations; title: Distinguishing pathovars from nonpathovars: escherichia coli; title: Distinguishing pathovars from nonpathovars: streptococcus pneumoniae; title: Distinguishing pathovars from nonpathovars: helicobacter pylori; title: Hospital infections: staphylococcus aureus; title: Hospital infections: gram-negative bacteria; title: Identifying a pathogen's biologic determinants of disease transmission