What Are the Applications of Proteomics in Infectious Diseases?
Proteomics has several critical applications in the field of infectious diseases:
1. Biomarker Discovery: Identifying specific proteins that indicate the presence of an infection can lead to early diagnosis and better management of diseases. 2. Vaccine Development: Understanding the protein composition of pathogens can aid in the design of effective vaccines. 3. Antimicrobial Resistance: Studying the proteome of resistant strains can reveal mechanisms of resistance and help develop new strategies to combat it. 4. Pathogen Identification: Proteomics can be used to identify and characterize pathogens directly from clinical samples.
