Microbiology Laboratory: Sample Collection and Diagnosis Advances, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 212
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochemistry; pathogen detection; virology; bacteriology; diagnostics; biosensors
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Interests: sample collection; nucleic acid extraction; qPCR; NGS; sequencing; molecular epidemiology; tuberculosis; influenza; SARS-CoV-2; diagnostics; point of care; rapid detection
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Infectious microbes continue to emerge, causing persistent infections, re-infections, and epidemics worldwide. Advances in the detection of nucleic acids, antigens, and protein assays, as well as the genomic characterization of drug susceptibility markers, have improved microbial diagnosis and treatment. Furthermore, innovations in sample collection, pre-processing, home collection, and point-of-care/decentralized testing have expanded the reach of microbial diagnosis to new patients, populations, and resource-challenged environments. We welcome the submission of manuscripts related to novel advances in the microbial diagnosis of infectious diseases, including but not limited to the fields of virology, bacteriology, mycology, and molecular epidemiology. Acceptable submission types include research articles, short research notes, and reviews.
Prof. Dr. James P. Chambers
Dr. Luke T. Daum
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- qPCR
- NGS
- sample collection
- nucleic acid testing
- rapid antigen testing
- infectious diseases
- virology
- sequencing
- point-of-care
- diagnostics
- bacteriology diagnosis
- biosensors
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