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Diagnosis of Specific Diseases

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There have been great advancements in diagnosis of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS in the past few decades. Specific techniques have been developed that can efficiently identify the infection at various stages of the disease progression and thus can increase the chances of survival of the patients by appropriate treatment. A number of specifically targeted diagnostic methods and safe therapeutic remedies are being explored for cancer. In this chapter, we have tried to summarize most recent and regularly used methods, important advancements, and the relevant concepts of various tools in context to diagnosis of cancer, tuberculosis, malaria, and AIDS.

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  1. Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, UP, India

    Varsha Gupta

  2. George Washington University, Washington DC, USA

    Manjistha Sengupta

  3. Orthopaedics Unit, Community Health Centre, Kanpur, UP, India

    Jaya Prakash

  4. School of Life sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

    Baishnab Charan Tripathy

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Gupta, V., Sengupta, M., Prakash, J., Tripathy, B.C. (2017). Diagnosis of Specific Diseases. In: Basic and Applied Aspects of Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0875-7_10

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