Kostic / Butaye / Schrenzel Detection of Highly Dangerous Pathogens

Microarray Methods for BSL 3 and BSL 4 Agents
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-3-527-62669-4
Verlag: Wiley-VCH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 173 Seiten, E-Book

Written by leading experts in the field as part of an interdisciplinary pan-European research program funded by the EU, the results provided in this booklet provide a unique and comprehensive overview of how microarray technology can be used in safely tracking the most highly dangerous pathogens. A must-have for public health agencies focused on bioterrorism as well as all laboratories working with BSL3 and/or BSL 4 agents.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kostic, Tanja

Butaye, Patrick

Schrenzel, Jacques

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface (Kostic, Butaye, Schrenzel)
Introduction on Microarray-based Detection Methods (Schrenzel, Kostic, Bodrossy, Francois)
METHODS
Long-oligonucleotide Microarray-based Microbial Detection (Kostic, Bodrossy)
Sequence-specific End-labelling of Oligonucleotides (SSELO) (Kostic, Bodrossy)
Non-cognate Approaches for Pathogen Detection on Microarrays (Schrenzel, Francois, Hernandez, Hibbs, Huyghe, Charbonnier)
Patterning Techniques for Array Platforms (Piskin, Garipcan, Demirel, Caglayan)
Probe Immobilization Techniques in Array Technologies (Piskin, Caglayan, Duman)
IDENTIFICATION
Low-Cost-and-Density (LCD)-Microarrays - a Novel Technique for Identification and Typing of Microorganisms (Frangoulidis, Heiser, Landt, Meyer)
DNA Microarray Technique for Detection and Identification of Viruses Causing Encephalitis and Hemorrhagic Fever (Nordstroem, Falk, Nilsson, Lundkvist)
Microarrays for genomotyping of pathogens (Kieboom, Voskamp, Broekhuijsen)
TYPING
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) as Targets for DNA-array Based Identification and Typing of BSL3 Bacteria (Wattiau, Vos, Fretin)
Use of a Microchip to Detect Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Bacillus anthracis (Perreten, Frey)
QUALITY CONTROL
Progress Toward Development of Microarrays for Routine Diagnostic Use for Detection of Select High Risk Pathogens (Kempsell, Shah, Sherwin, Vipond, Silman)

Über Autor(innen)

Tania Kostic is a researcher in the Department of Bioresources/Microbiology at the Austrian Research Centers at Seibersdorf working on microbial diagnostic microarrays.
 
Patrick Butaye is a veterinary researcher at the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Center in Brussels with a focus on antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from animal origin.
 
Jacques Schrenzel is a physician and microbiologist, heading the central bacteriological laboratory of the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève. He is also a consultant for infectious diseases and is in charge of the genome research laboratory.