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Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology.
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ISSN: 22352988 Year: 2011 Publisher: Lausanne : Frontiers Media SA


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Manual of clinical microbiology
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ISBN: 9781555814632 Year: 2011 Publisher: Washington, DC : ASM Press,

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To clinical microbiologists, laboratory technologists, and infectious disease specialists for 40 years, enabling them to accurately detect clinically significant bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. This 10th edition represents the collaborative efforts of 22 editors and more than 260 authors from around the world, all experienced researchers and practitioners in medical and diagnostic microbiology. Together, they have brought the manual fully up to date, producing two volumes, nine sections, and 149 chapters that is filled with the latest research findings, infectious agents, methods, practices, and safety guidelines. This 10th edition continues to set the standard for state-of-the-science laboratory practice. It begins with a section dedicated to core diagnostic strategies and topics. Next, it helps readers understand the underlying mechanisms of both common and emerging infectious agents and diseases. With its careful step-by-step guidance, the Manual enables readers to correctly perform the appropriate diagnostic, therapeutic, and susceptibility tests and then interpret the results. Rounding out its coverage, the Manual addresses the taxonomy, biology, epidemiology, transmission, and clinical significance of almost all microorganisms that cause disease in humans. Fully updated and revised, this edition encapsulates the knowledge, practices, and procedures of the field, enabling readers to accurately detect pathogens and diagnose infectious disease.


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Microbial source tracking : methods, applications, and case studies
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ISBN: 1489991301 1441993851 144199386X Year: 2011 Publisher: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer,

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Microbial source tracking (MST) is a sub-discipline of environmental microbiology that has emerged and grown in response to the inability of conventional fecal indicator bacteria (such as Escherichia coli and enterococci) to discriminate among the many possible sources of fecal pollution in environmental waters.  MST’s current and potential applications range from beach monitoring to total maximum daily load (TMDL) assessment of pollution sources, which in turn will mediate greater protection of public health and improvement of environmental water quality. This comprehensive book taps the expertise of many of the leading research scientists from an international assemblage, and considers a geographic range from the U.S. to China, New Zealand, Australia, and the EU. It addresses subjects ranging from the fundamentals of MST methods, their pros and cons, and performance criteria necessary during method development, and application, to case studies from beach, agricultural, and urban watersheds. Separate chapters focus on viral-, protozoan-, chemical-, and mitochondrial DNA-based methods. Specialized topics include legal and TMDL-associated issues, public perceptions, statistical analysis, food safety, national security, and using MST in undergraduate education. The audience for this work will include advanced undergraduate and graduate students from scientific and engineering disciplines who are interested in microbial water quality, research scientists, regulators, and others interested in the fundamentals, applications and interpretation of MST methods and data.

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Diagnostic microbiology. --- Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control. --- Environmental Monitoring -- methods. --- Feces -- microbiology. --- Food Microbiology. --- Foodborne diseases. --- Microorganisms. --- Pathogenic microorganisms -- Detection. --- Diagnostic microbiology --- Pathogenic microorganisms --- Microbial toxins --- Foodborne diseases --- Water --- Bacterial pollution of water --- Public Health Practice --- Fluids and Secretions --- Environmental Microbiology --- Environmental Exposure --- Environmental Pollution --- Environmental Pollutants --- Public Health --- Toxic Actions --- Anatomy --- Microbiology --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Environment and Public Health --- Biology --- Health Care --- Biological Science Disciplines --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Natural Science Disciplines --- Disciplines and Occupations --- Environmental Monitoring --- Water Pollutants --- Water Microbiology --- Feces --- Water Pollution --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Microbiology & Immunology --- Detection --- Pollution --- Point source identification --- Bacterial pollution of water. --- Detection. --- Detection of pathogenic microorganisms --- Clinical microbiology --- Microbiology, Clinical --- Microbiology, Diagnostic --- Life sciences. --- Environmental health. --- Public health. --- Infectious diseases. --- Microbiology. --- Life Sciences. --- Water and Health. --- Public Health. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Diagnosis, Laboratory --- Medical microbiology --- Communicable diseases --- Serology --- Diagnosis --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Microbial biology --- Microorganisms --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Environmental quality --- Health ecology --- Public health --- Environmental engineering --- Health risk assessment --- Health aspects --- Environmental aspects

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