Infectious Diseases Diagnosis : Current Status and Future Trends (Paperback)

List of contributions; Part I. Current Status: 1. The diagnosis of prion diseases; 2. The evolution of immunoassay technology; 3. Detection of viruses in livestock; 4. Diagnosis of schistosomiasis: antibody detection, with notes on parasitological and antigen detection methods; 5. Molecular and immunodiagnosis of human filarial nematode infections; 6. Molecular detection of parasitic protozoa; 7. Molecular diagnosis of parasitic nematodes; 8. Detection of parasites in food; 9. Detection of parasites in the environment; Part II. Future Trends: 10. Emerging pathogens - Isospora, Cyclospora and microsporidia; 11. Overview and significance of molecular methods: what role for molecular epidemiology?; 12. Electrorotation and dielectrophoresis; 13. Future trends in diagnosis using laboratory-on-a-chip technologies; 14. Risk assessment of waterborne protozoa: current status and future trends.