Journal article
Overview and significance of molecular methods: what role for molecular epidemiology?
Parasitology, Vol.117(7), pp.161-175
1999
Abstract
In this chapter, the contribution of molecular tools in understanding the aetiology and ecology of infectious diseases is examined in the context of molecular epidemiology (ME). ME is seen as providing the ‘tools’, both laboratory and analytical, which have predictive significance in epidemiological investigations of the causation of disease. A diversity of questions can be addressed with these tools which can conveniently be viewed as particular regions of DNA and grouped according to the different hierarchical levels of specificity by which infectious agents can be characterized. These groupings and the applications of the different molecular tools are described, and consideration given to the most appropriate methods of analysing data from ME investigations.
Details
- Title
- Overview and significance of molecular methods: what role for molecular epidemiology?
- Authors/Creators
- R.C.A. Thompson (Author/Creator)C.C. Constantine (Author/Creator)U.M. Morgan (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Parasitology, Vol.117(7), pp.161-175
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005544291207891
- Copyright
- © 1999 Cambridge University Press
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Agricultural Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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