Main description:

Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal Infections: Antimicrobial, Host Defense, and Therapeutic Strategies highlight diverse types of infections, including viral, bacterial, parasitic, fungal, and the therapeutic efficacy of antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and other medications, nutraceuticals, and phytotherapeutics. This book addresses the molecular, pathophysiological, and cellular pathways involved in the process of infection. It also examines the host defense mechanisms modulated by innate and adaptive immunity. The book starts off with an introduction, which includes etiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis of infections. It then goes on to cover a wide spectrum of salient features involved in viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal infections and effective therapeutic strategies. In addition, there is a complete section of eight chapters elaborating the detailed aspects of COVID-19 infections, Mucormycosis, Omicron, and strategic vaccines and therapeutics. The book further goes on to discuss novel antibiotics, vaccines, bromhexine, boron compounds, phytotherapeutics, and aspects on boosting immune competence. Contributed by experts in the fields of viral, parasitic, bacterial, and fungal infections, the book comprehensively details the various types of infections such as herpes and COVID-19, their molecular mechanisms, and treatment strategies for those engaged in the research of infectious diseases.

Contents:

INTRODUCTION 1. Infections: Definitions, classification and etiology 2. Pathophysiology of Infections 3. Diagnosis of Infection 4. Non-Coding RNA: An Overview

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 5. Bacterial infection and their treatment 6. Novel strategies of combating bacterial infection 7. Role of miRNA in bacterial infection 8. AMPs and host defense against bacterial infection 9. Role of nutrients in combating infection

VIRAL INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 10. Viral Infection and its management 11. Novel strategies to eliminate viral infections 12. The menace of HIV infection 13. Unmasking an Idiopathic Nemesis: The Herpes Virus 14. Zika Virus infections 15. Ebola Virus: Pathogenesis and Treatment 16. Pathophysiology, Detection and Treatment of CoronaVirus 17. Pandemic of Covid-19

FUNGAL INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 18. Fungal infections: An unrecognized threat 19. Combinatorial strategies for combating fungal infections 20. Sepsis: Prolific Hypoxia-induced Incubation of Anaerobic Organisms 21. Biofilm infection

PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 22. Parasitic infection 23. Leishmaniasis and its treatment 24. Malaria: Diagnosis, treatment and control 25. Neglected Parasitic Infections 26. Prion diseases

OTHER INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 27. Development of point-of-care for bacterial infections 28. Surgical Infections