chapter 1 Target Amplification-Based Techniques -- chapter 2 Signal Amplification-Based Techniques -- chapter 3 Microarrays: Human Disease Detection and Monitoring -- chapter 4 Bead-Based Flow Systems: From Centralized Laboratories to Genetic Testing in the Field -- chapter 5 In Situ Hybridization -- chapter 6 Detection Techniques for Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms -- chapter 7 RNA Expression Profiling -- chapter 8 Evolution of the Molecular Microbiology Laboratory -- chapter 9 Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- chapter 10 Sexually Transmissible Viral Pathogens: Human Papillomaviruses and Herpes Simplex Viruses -- chapter 11 Blood-Borne Viruses in Clinical and Diagnostic Virology -- chapter 12 Molecular Methods for the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections -- chapter 13 Molecular Diagnostic Approaches in Infectious Disease -- chapter 14 Cancer Detection and Prognosis -- chapter 15 Common Inherited Genetic Disorders -- chapter 16 Future Perspectives on Nucleic Acid Testing -- chapter 17 Bridging the Gap between Analytical and Clinical Validation.