Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases : Methods and Protocols - MacKenzie, Colin R.; Henrich, Birgit; SpringerLink (Online service) (Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2012)
Overview of Molecular Biological Methods for the Detection of Pathogens Causing Sexually Transmitted Infections -- Guidelines for the Qualitative Detection of Viral Genomes in Dried Blood Spots -- Guidelines for the Quantification of HIV and HCV in Small Volume Whole Blood Samples -- Guidelines for High-Resolution Genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis Using Multilocus Sequence Analysis -- Guidelines for the Use of Molecular Tests for the Detection and Genotyping of Human Papilloma Virus from Clinical Specimens -- The Molecular Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Genital Ulcer Disease -- Validation of a Sensitive and Specific Real-Time PCR for Detection and Quantitation of Hepatitis B Virus Covalently Closed Circular DNA in Plasma of Chronic Hepatitis B Patients -- Protocol for the Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium by PCR from Clinical Specimens and Subsequent Detection of Macrolide Resistance Mediating Mutations in Region V of the 23S rRNA Gene -- Protocols for Detection and Typing of Treponema pallidum Using PCR Methods -- Protocol for the Extraction of DNA from Dried Blood in the Diagnosis of Convenital CMV Infection -- Protocol for the Use of PCR-Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis and Quantitative PCR to Determine Vaginal Microflora Constitution and Pathogens in Bacterial Vaginosis -- Protocol for the Use of a Bead Array for the Multiple Detection of Genotype of Chlamydia trachomatis -- Protocol for the Detection and Genotyping of Human Papilloma viruses Using a Liquid Bead Microarray Assay (LBMA) -- Protocol for the Use of Enzyme-Linked Hybridisation Assays for Genital Ulcer Disease -- Protocol for the Rapid Detection of the Urogential Tract Mollicutes and Chlamydia with Concomitant LGV -(sub)typing -- Protocol for the Use of Self-Reporting Duplex Mutation Primers to Detect PCR Products in the Diagnosis of HBV -- Protocol for the Use of a Rapid Real-Time PCR Method for the Detection of HIV-1 Proviral DNA Using Double-Stranded Primer -- Protocol for the Use of Light Upon Extension (LUX) Real-Time PCR for the Determination of Viral Load in HBV Infection -- Protocol for the Use of a Silica Nanoparticle-Enhanced Microcantilever Sensor-Based Method to Detect HBV at Femtomolar Concentrations -- Protocol for the Detection of Treponema pallidum in Paraffin-Embedded Specimens -- Guidelines for the Use of Molecular Biological Methods to Detect Sexually Transmitted Pathogens in Cases of Suspected Sexual Abuse in Children -- Protocol for the Molecular Detection of Antibiotic Resistance Mechanisms in Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- Protocol for a Facile Multiplex PCR for Multi-Antimicrobial Resistance and Gonococcus Detection -- Protocol for Gene Expression Profiling Using DNA Microarrays in Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- Protocol for the Detection of Human Leukocyte Antigen Variants and Sexually Transmitted Infections: From Genotyping to Immunoassays -- Protocol for the Clonal Analysis of NK Cell Effector Functions by Multi-Parameter Flow Cytometry -- Protocol for a Mammalian Cell-Based Assay for Monitoring the HIV-1 Protease Activity -- Self Collection of Specimens for Nucleic Acid-Based Diagnosis of Pharyngeal, Cevicovaginal, Urethral and Rectal Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Infections -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Reflections on Metaphors and Ethics.
Keywords: Infectious diseases; Virology; Infectious Diseases; Virology