This text, Biotechnology and Infectious Diseases, will document a core set of infectious agents, as a method of describing ways to update diagnostic and therapeutic tools.

Table of Contents

• DEDICATION
• LIST OF FIGURES
• LIST OF TABLES
• LIST OF BOXES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• 1 INTRODUCTION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• 1.1 Infectious Diseases as Wicked Problems
• 1.2 Defining the Problem of Infectious Disease
• 1.3 Infectious Disease Structure
• 1.4 Infectious Disease Environment
• 1.5 Wicked Pathogens
• 1.6 Conclusion
• 2 DEFINING FEATURES OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK
• 2.1 Characterization of an Infectious Disease Outbreak
• 2.2 Early Methods of Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance
• 3 BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR DETECTION, MONITORING, AND SURVEILLANCE
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Culture-Based Detection
• 3.3 Culture Independent Detection of Pathogens
• 3.4 Oligonucleotide Detection
• 3.5 Nanodetection Techniques
• 3.6 Cellular Sensor Detectors
• 4 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES FOR TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASEA
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Treatment of Symptoms
• 4.3 Blockade of Pathogen Spread
• 4.4 Host Genome Editing
• 4.5 Conclusion
• 5 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
• 5.1 Introduction to Immunological Response
• 5.2 Vaccine Introductions
• 5.3 Vaccine Types and Targets
• 5.4 Vaccine Formulation
• 5.5 Vaccine Adjuvants
• 5.6 Route of Vaccine Delivery
• 5.7 Future Vaccine Developments
• 5.8 Conclusions
• REFERENCES