Pathogenic Viruses and Armamentarium Design. Developments in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Table of Contents

1. Human Pathogenic Viruses and tissue virology
2. Past, present and future of pathogenic viruses
3. Viral entry and pathogenicity
4. Host immune response against virus
5. Antiviral drugs: Types and mechanism of actio
6. Equipment and techniques for detection of viruses for detecting immune response upon a virus
7. Identifying anti-viral targets: Dry lab experimentation
8. Currently available techniques helping virology and viral immune diagnostics
9. Clinic viral diagnostics, Viral Vaccines and advanced immunology
10. Choice amongst various stages in the life cycle of viruses for design of antiviral vaccine
11. Reverse vaccinology and applications as prophylactics against
12. SARS-CoV2 and SARS-CoV2 vaccinologyChallenges in development of antiviral drugs and vaccines

Authors

Awanish Kumar Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Raipur, India. Dr. Awanish Kumar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the National Institute of Technology, Raipur (CG), India. He is working in the area of infection biology, drug targeting, and drug discovery. He has more than 13 years of research experience. He received his PhD in molecular parasitology from the CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute-Lucknow, India and Jawaharlal Nehru University-Delhi, India. He did his post-doctoral study at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Kumar has served various national and international organizations in different academic and research capacities. He has authored several monographs, books, and book chapters. He has served on many national committees, scientific society and advisory panels, is a member of many international professional research societies and as a reviewer and editorial board member of reputed and refereed journals. Kumud Pant Department of Biotechnology, Graphic Era University, Uttarakhand, India. Dr. Kumar Pant got her masters in Biotechnology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. She got her Ph. D. in Bioinformatics from NIT, Bhopal. Dr. Pant's major area of research is Drug designing, Metagenomic data analysis, and Data Mining. Dr. Pant has more than 10 years of experience teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students. She has contributed many book chapters and has been granted two research projects by the state funding agency of Uttarakhand (UCOST). Three students have been awarded Ph.D. under her supervision and several more are in the advanced stage of writing their thesis. Dr. Pant has been granted the top researcher award by Graphic Era University. She is currently serving many national committees, scientific societies, and advisory panels. She is a member of many international professional research societies and is a reviewer/editorial board member of reputed and refereed journals