Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology

Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology and Immunology
ISBN-10
364276603X
ISBN-13
9783642766039
Category
Medical
Pages
573
Language
English
Published
2012-12-06
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Albert Balows, Antti Vaheri, Richard C. Tilton

Description

The current diagnostic methods for the great variety of microbial agents affecting health are clearly unsatisfactory. New important pathogens have emerged including the agent responsible for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Moreover, there is an increasing need for more accurate microbial control of our environment, and of the food and water we consume. What is needed are rapid, sensitive and reliable procedures which, on the one hand, should be suitable for automation and, onthe other hand, presented in a cost-effective version suitable for field use. Including new biochemical approaches, such as polymerase chain reaction, recombinant gene products and synthetic peptides, these needs are discussed in these protocols of the RAMI-90 congress.

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