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Chapter
Point-of-Care Diagnostics Using Molecular Approaches
Molecular point care diagnostics aimed to provide simplified diagnostic platforms which are rapid and designed in miniaturized forms for on-field disease diagnosis. There are various approaches to develop mole...
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Protocol
Antibody-Based Sensors for Pathogen Detection
Antibodies are soluble biomolecules of the Immunoglobulin family found in serum, which can specifically bind to and neutralize diverse antigens. Since their discovery, antibodies have been utilized for diagnos...
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Protocol
Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA): A Diagnostic Molecule for Infectious Diseases
Disease diagnosis performs an important role in the epidemiology of the disease. Genetic material identification is the definite way of identification of the pathogen. Available techniques involved in genetic ...
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Chapter
Bluetongue: Aetiology, Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Control
Bluetongue (BT) is an emerging and re-emerging vector-borne viral disease of domestic and wild ruminants, caused by viruses classified within the species bluetongue virus (BTV), genus Orbivirus, family Reoviridae
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Article
Bluetongue virus – 23 stimulates inducible nitric oxide synthase expression and nitric oxide production in mononuclear cells of blood and/or regional lymphoid organs
Mononuclear leukocytes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and regional lymphoid organs (RLOs) play a critical role in primary BTV replication and subsequent viral dissemination to distant systemic o...