New Insights on Antiviral Probiotics From Research to Applications /

• Main Author: Al Kassaa, Imad (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Immunology.; Virology.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.

This book focuses on probiotics with antiviral activities. The "antiviral probiotic" is a new concept in medical sciences. Recently, studies have shown that antiviral probiotics can fight or prevent viral infections in many ways. The immunomodulation of mucosal immunity, production of anti...

Table of Contents:

• Antiviral probiotics: a new concept in medical sciences
• The use of probiotics as vaccine vectors to prevent viral infections
• Probiotics: Role in the prevention of chronic viral diseases
• The antiviral activity of probiotic metabolites
• Methods and techniques to evaluate the antiviral activity of a new probiotic strain.