Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases

by Thompson, R. C. Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780340759097
• ISBN10: 0340759097
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-19
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

Objective is to provide a comprehensive account of the impact and potential of molecular epidemiology in our understanding of the aetiology, transmission and control of the more important infectious diseases. This book will examine the theoretical application of molecular biology techniques to studies on the ecology and epidemiology of infectious disease which affect humans and other animals; the practical application of molecular epidemiology to a diverse range of infectious disease (bacterial, viral and parasitic) of medical, veterinary and zoonotic significance. The book is intended to provide a comprehensive account of the impact and potential of molecular epidemiology in our understanding of the aetiology, transmission and control of the more important infectious diseases affecting humans and animals.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vi
Preface	ix
Molecular epidemiology: applications to problems of infectious disease	1	(4)
RC Andrew Thompson
Molecular tools in epidemiological investigations	5	(15)
David M Groth
JD Wetherall
Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics of pathogenic microorganisms: analysis and interpretation of data	20	(10)
Michel Tibayrenc
Francisco J Ayala
Diagnosis	30	(15)
Una M Morgan
Population genetics	45	(14)
David J Conway
Within-host ecology of infectious diseases: patterns and consequences	59	(17)
Andrew F Read
Louise H Taylor
Mathematical modeling	76	(17)
Sunetra Gupta
Malaria	93	(21)
David Walliker
Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis	114	(12)
Marcos V Burgos
Peter M Small
Nosocomial epidemiology of microbial infections: molecular tracking of genes and genomes	126	(17)
Alex van Belkum
Peter WM Hermans
HIV/AIDS	143	(25)
Francine E McCutchan
Measles	168	(13)
Jennifer S Rota
William J Bellini
Paul A Rota
The ecology and evolution of human hepatitis viruses	181	(13)
Edward C Holmes
Paolo M de A Zanotto
Enteric protozoan infections	194	(16)
RC Andrew Thompson
Una M Morgan
RM Hopkins
LJ Pallant
Pneumocystis infection	210	(19)
Melanie T Cushion
Population genetics of human-pathogenic fungi	229	(16)
Austin Burt
Vassiliki Koufopanou
John W Taylor
Rabies and rabies-related viruses	245	(13)
Susan A Nadin-Davis
Trypanosomiases	258	(25)
Andrew Tait
Insect disease vectors	283	(14)
Tovi Lehmann
C Ben Beard
Molecular epidemiology and phylogeny of Australian arboviruses	297	(20)
John S Mackenzie
Roy A Hall
Michael D Lindsay
Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann
Michael Poidinger
Index	317