Lennette's Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections

ISBN-13: 9781420084955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 510 str.

Keith R. Jerome

Opis

Written from the perspective of the diagnostician, this significantly expanded "Third Edition "explores all human viral diseases and the use of molecular techniques to detect and manage these diseases. This case-based and example-driven text provides extensive information on molecular detection of viruses and the design and validation of molecular assays.

Key features in the "Third Edition":

Spis treści

The clinical laboratory in the management of viral infections. Validation of Clinical Laboratory Tests. Assessment of Diagnostic Tests. Molecular Amplication Methods in diagnostic virology. Detection methods for nucleic acid amplification products. Design of molecular virologic tests. Virus isolation. Virus isolation. Diagnosis by antigen detection. Serological tests in clinical virology. Microscopy and cytology of viral infections. Electon microscopy of viral infections. Antiviral therapy. Upper respiratory tract infections. Lower respiratory tract infections. Common viral infections of childhood. Gastrointestinal tract infections. Infections of the skin and mucosa. Viral hepatitis. Hemmorrhagic fevers. Infections of the nervous system. Sexually transmitted infections. Immunodeficiency viruses. Infections of the immunosuppressed host. Ocular infections. Prion diseases.

O autorze

Keith R Jerome