Overview

The explosion in clinical testing has been especially rapid in virology, where emerging viruses and growing numbers of viral infections are driving advances. The Guide to Clinical and Diagnostic Virology offers a digestible view of the breadth and depth of information related to clinical virology, providing a practical, working knowledge of the wide array of viruses that cause human disease. Introductory chapters cover the basics of clinical virology and laboratory diagnosis of infections, including virus structure, life cycle, transmission, taxonomy, specimen types and handling, and a comparison of assays used for detection. Detailed sections on important topics include Viral pathogens and their clinical presentations Diagnostic assays and techniques, including culture-based, immunological, and molecular Prevention and management of viral infections, with guidance on biosafety, vaccines, and antiviral therapies The regulatory environment for laboratory testing, including regulatory requirements and assay performance and interpretation Critical concepts are carefully curated and concisely summarized and presented with detailed illustrations that aid comprehension, along with important highlights and helpful hints. These features, plus question sections that reinforce significant ideas and key concepts, make this an invaluable text for anyone looking for an accessible route through clinical and diagnostic virology. Laboratory technologists, medical students, infectious disease and microbiology fellows, pathology residents, researchers, and everyone involved with viruses in the clinical setting will find the Guide to Clinical and Diagnostic Virology an excellent text as well as companion to clinical virology references.

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Reeti Khare's Guide to Clinical and Diagnostic Virology uses simple language in an abbreviated format to describe the general characteristics, epidemiology, clinical disease, and diagnostic approaches for all the important viruses of human disease. It has numerous figures and tables that aid in understanding basic concepts in clinical virology. In addition, each chapter ends with a series of review questions so students can self-assess their understanding of the material covered in that chapter. This book is at an introductory level ideal for pre-health students as well as medical, dental, nursing, and physician assistant students who do not have a formal course in microbiology but want a rapid review of clinical virology in preparation for their board examinations. -Peter H. Gilligan, PhD, Professor of Pathology-Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology-Immunology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine

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Reeti Khare, PhD, D(ABMM), is the Director of Microbiology at Northwell Health Laboratories in New York. She received her PhD in Virology and Gene Therapy at Mayo Clinic and did a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington. Her research involved reengineering viral vectors, developing adenoviruses for liver gene therapy, and creating viral vector vaccines against MRSA. She returned to Mayo Clinic for her clinical microbiology fellowship and is a diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Reeti enjoys teaching and learning about microbiology and has authored numerous publications, chapters, and reviews. At Northwell Health Labs she continues to pursue clinical research and provide student education, and is responsible for laboratory oversight, improving efficiency, designing workflows, and diagnostic microbiology testing.

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