Recent Advancements in the Diagnosis of Human Disease

Viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites are known to cause the most common human disease. It frequently spreads through direct contact (from human to human, animal to human), and through contaminated food or water. With the advancement of diagnostic techniques, it is now possible to rapidly identify microorganisms causing human disease and correlate with the corresponding clinical infection. Therefore, there is a need to develop robust and high-throughput diagnostic methods to prevent and control human disease of public health importance. This book entitled ＂Recent Advancements in the Diagnosis of Human Disease＂ will help the scientific community to better understand the transmission dynamics of some human diseases.

Dr. Irshad M. Sulaiman has been involved in the area of biomedical research focusing on the control and prevention of human-pathogenic microorganisms of public health importance, for over three decades. He obtained his PhD from Delhi University. Dr. Sulaiman joined the U.S. CDC in 1997, and worked until 2008. Since 2008, he is with the U.S. FDA. Dr. Sulaiman has characterized a large number of emerging infectious microbial pathogens isolated from various sources. He has developed several novel molecular diagnostic methods, described several new species and genotypes, and published over 96 peer-reviewed manuscripts.