TY - JOUR
T1 - MicrobPad MD
T2 - Microbial pathogen diagnostic methods database
AU - Han, Bor-Cheng
AU - Wei, X. N.
AU - Zhang, J. X.
AU - Truong, N. Q. T.
AU - Westgate, C. L.
AU - Zhao, R. Y.
AU - Chen, Y. Z.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - Medical pathogens induce infections, illnesses and sometimes serious medical conditions in the infected hosts. Diagnosis of these pathogens is important for proper treatment and investigation of pathogenesis processes. Molecular techniques have been developed for facilitating accurate, sensitive and low-cost diagnosis of these pathogens. Based on these techniques, diagnostic devices have been developed for a number of pathogens. More devices are needed for comprehensive coverage of medical pathogens. To facilitate the development of these devices, a database with integrated information about diagnostic methods, targets, and primers/probes for the known bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens is needed. We developed the microbial pathogen diagnostic methods database MicrobPad MD (http://bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/MicrobPad/MicrobPad.asp or http://pha-bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/MicrobPad/MicrobPad.asp) to provide comprehensive information about the molecular diagnostic techniques, targets, primers/probes, detection procedures and conditions, and tested diagnostic accuracies and limit of diagnosis for 314 bacterial, fungal and viral species from 61 genera. While available, additional information such as pathogen strains and hosts, tissue distribution or habitats, cultivation methods, biochemical characteristics, virulence factors, morphology, diseases, symptoms, treatment and prevention methods are provided. Our Database covers 242 gene targets, 700 primers/probes, 340 virulence factors, and 261 diseases. Cross-links to the NCBI genome and SwissProt/UniProt databases are provided. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
AB - Medical pathogens induce infections, illnesses and sometimes serious medical conditions in the infected hosts. Diagnosis of these pathogens is important for proper treatment and investigation of pathogenesis processes. Molecular techniques have been developed for facilitating accurate, sensitive and low-cost diagnosis of these pathogens. Based on these techniques, diagnostic devices have been developed for a number of pathogens. More devices are needed for comprehensive coverage of medical pathogens. To facilitate the development of these devices, a database with integrated information about diagnostic methods, targets, and primers/probes for the known bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens is needed. We developed the microbial pathogen diagnostic methods database MicrobPad MD (http://bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/MicrobPad/MicrobPad.asp or http://pha-bidd.nus.edu.sg/group/MicrobPad/MicrobPad.asp) to provide comprehensive information about the molecular diagnostic techniques, targets, primers/probes, detection procedures and conditions, and tested diagnostic accuracies and limit of diagnosis for 314 bacterial, fungal and viral species from 61 genera. While available, additional information such as pathogen strains and hosts, tissue distribution or habitats, cultivation methods, biochemical characteristics, virulence factors, morphology, diseases, symptoms, treatment and prevention methods are provided. Our Database covers 242 gene targets, 700 primers/probes, 340 virulence factors, and 261 diseases. Cross-links to the NCBI genome and SwissProt/UniProt databases are provided. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KW - Microbial pathogen
KW - Diagnostic methods
KW - Database
KW - Microbial pathogen
KW - Diagnostic methods
KW - Database
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U2 - 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.10.017
DO - 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.10.017
M3 - Article
SN - 1567-1348
VL - 13
SP - 261
EP - 266
JO - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
JF - Infection, Genetics and Evolution
ER -