Bacteriophages in health and disease
Bacteriophages in health and disease [electronic resource]
Edited by P. Hyman, S. T. Abedon.
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- Wallingford UK CABI 2012
- 280pp.;
- Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology .
- Advances in Molecular and Cellular Microbiology .
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. As such, they have many potential uses for promoting health and combating disease. This book covers the many facets of phage-bacterial-human interaction in three sections: the role and impact of phages on natural bacterial communities, the potential to develop phage-based therapeutics and other aspects in which phages can be used to combat disease, including bacterial detection, bacterial epidemiology, the tracing of fecal contamination of water and decontamination of foods.
9781845939854
10.1079/9781845939847.0000 doi
antibacterial properties human diseases food contamination bacterium man immunological reactions food contaminants bacterial diseases safety Chordata Homo mammals gene therapy bactericidal properties wounds immune response food safety phages deoxyribonucleic acid pathogens therapy animals therapeutics DNA Hominidae microbial contamination antibacterial agents bacteriophages viruses vaccine development bacterioses Bacteria antibiotics immunity reactions immune system genes enzymes foods enzybiotics phage vectors vertebrates prokaryotes DNA vaccines pathogenesis immunomodulatory properties biotechnology bacterial infections wound infections eukaryotes primates
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. As such, they have many potential uses for promoting health and combating disease. This book covers the many facets of phage-bacterial-human interaction in three sections: the role and impact of phages on natural bacterial communities, the potential to develop phage-based therapeutics and other aspects in which phages can be used to combat disease, including bacterial detection, bacterial epidemiology, the tracing of fecal contamination of water and decontamination of foods.
9781845939854
10.1079/9781845939847.0000 doi
antibacterial properties human diseases food contamination bacterium man immunological reactions food contaminants bacterial diseases safety Chordata Homo mammals gene therapy bactericidal properties wounds immune response food safety phages deoxyribonucleic acid pathogens therapy animals therapeutics DNA Hominidae microbial contamination antibacterial agents bacteriophages viruses vaccine development bacterioses Bacteria antibiotics immunity reactions immune system genes enzymes foods enzybiotics phage vectors vertebrates prokaryotes DNA vaccines pathogenesis immunomodulatory properties biotechnology bacterial infections wound infections eukaryotes primates