Pretorius, AshleyKeyster, MarshallBakare, Olalekan Olanrewaju2020-11-032024-05-092020-11-032024-05-092019https://hdl.handle.net/10566/13492Philosophiae Doctor - PhDPneumonia remains the major cause of death in children and the elderly and several efforts have been intensified to reduce the rate of pneumonia infection. The major breakthrough has been the discovery of certain biomarkers for the diagnosis of pneumonia through immunogenic techniques.enAntimicrobial peptidesBacteriaVirusesAlgorithmsProtein and ligandsIdentification and Molecular validation of Biomarkers for the accurate and sensitive diagnosis of bacterial and viral PneumoniaUniversity of Western Cape