Recently, a large number of new technologies have been developed that exploit the unique properties of bacteriophage receptor binding proteins (RBPs). These include their use in diagnostic applications that selectively capture bacteria and as therapeutics that reduce bacterial colonization in vivo. RBPs exhibit comparable, and in many cases superior, stability, receptor specificity, and affinit...

Enteric fever, though classically caused by Salmonella belonged to biotype II. enterica, Serotype typhi, isolation of Salmonella enterica Serotype paratyphi A has also been reported. Since 1996, an In the year 2002 and 2003, we isolated 3 and 4 strains of S. increasing trend in isolation of S. paratyphi A causing enteric paratyphi A respectively. A sudden and dramatic rise in the fever has been...

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