Rapid Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages ix-x
Preface, Pages xi-xii, DAVID T. KINGSBURY
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN THE CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY: SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, AND COST EFFECTIVENESS, Pages 3-17, George F. Brooks, Mary K. York
ENZYMATIC ASSAYS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Pages 19-32, Robert H. Yolken
VIRAL HEPATITIS - A MODEL FOR RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, Pages 33-48, Lacy R. Overby
SERODIAGNOSIS OF HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS AND CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, Pages 49-69, Lenore Pereira
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON DIAGNOSTIC METHODS FOR TOXOPLASMOSIS AND CHAGAS\' DISEASE, Pages 71-86, Fausto G. Araujo, Jack S. Remington
DEFINED VIRAL PROBES FOR THE DETECTION OF HSV, CMV AND HPV, Pages 89-107, James K. McDougall, Anna M. Beckmann, Denise A. Galloway, Jay A. Nelson, David Myerson
ASPECTS OF USING NUCLEIC ACID FILTER HYBRIDIZATION TO CHARACTERIZE AND DETECT ENTEROVIRAL RNAS, Pages 109-125, Steven Tracy
RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF LEISHMANIA SPECIES USING SPECIFIC HYBRIDIZATION OF KINETOPLAST DNA SEQUENCES, Pages 127-137, Dyann F. Wirth, William O. Rogers
DETECTION OF VIROIDS IN PLANTS, Pages 139-152, T.O. Diener, R.A. Owens
SENSITIVE HOMOGENEOUS ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS FOR MICROBIAL ANTIGENS, Pages 155-163, Ian Gibbons, Robert K. DiNello, Roger R. Greenburg, John Olson, Edwin F. Ullman
LATEX AGGLUTINATION TESTS FOR THE RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, Pages 165-175, Laurence R. McCarthy
COMPARISON OF IMMUNOASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF BACTERIAL ANTIGENS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FROM MENINGITIS PATIENTS, Pages 177-189, John E. Sippel, Catherine M. Prato, Renee J. Sugasawara
DETECTION OF Coccidioides immitis INFECTION BY ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY, Pages 191-208, Alexander E. Karu, Daniel J.P. Gennevois, John W. Hoffman, Hillel B. Levine
SELECTION OF DNA PROBES FOR USE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, Pages 211-218, Lindy Palmer, Stanley Falkow
RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOPLASMAS WITH DNA PROBES, Pages 219-233, David T. Kingsbury
SYNTHESIS AND DETECTION OF 3′-OH TERMINAL BIOTIN-LABELED DNA PROBES, Pages 235-243, Christine L. Brakel, Dean L. Engelhardt
CHEMILUMINESCENT AND FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR DNA HYBRIDIZATION SYSTEMS, Pages 245-256, Michael J. Heller, Larry E. Morrison
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA: A NON-RADIOACTIVE PROBE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF DNA HYBRIDIZATION, Pages 257-270, Chun-Ming Huong, Huei-Jen Su Huong, Michael Glembourtt, Chih-Ping Liu, Stanley N. Cohen
SUMMARY OF DNA PROBES, Pages 273-278, Lucy S. Tompkins
IMMUNODIAGNOSTICS IN CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Pages 279-292, Jim Allen
Concluding Remarks, Pages 293-294, Stanley Falkow
Index, Pages 295-296