PCR-Based Diagnostics in Infectious Disease

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a new molecular biological technique which has important clinical applications in terms of laboratory diagnosis. It has potential for diagnosis of genetic disease and investigation of forensic medicine, but at the moment the chief clinical use is in diagnosis of bacterial and viral infections, where it is faster, cheaper and more accurate. This volume is comprehensive as both a laboratory manual and a reference. It covers lab procedures and techniques in sufficient detail to enable the reader to set up and use PCR protocols, and reviews all current diagnostic applications in microbiology.