Phage Therapy- AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPEUTICS
Navroop Kaur1*, Kirti Jaiswal2, Rishi Rath3, Sarvajeet Singh Arora4 and Ashish Behl5
1Reader, Department of Microbiology, ITS Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2Galgotias University, Gautam Budh Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, ITS Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, ITS Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5Professor and Head, Department of Physiology, ITS Dental College, Hospital & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Navroop Kaur, Reader, Deptartment of Microbiology, ITS Dental Hospital and Research Center, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Received: February 17, 2022 Published: March 02, 2022
Abstract
Bacteriophage refers to viruses that can transmit infection to bacteria without harming human or animal cells, since human and animal cells do not have specific receptors for bacteriophages. Because of that, it is expected that they can be used to treat bacterial infections. The aim of this review is to analyse potential use of bacteriophage found in water from Ganga river against bacterial pathogens. The concept of viral phage therapy has gained support in the present era of increasing antimicrobial resistance. With the progress in phage therapy, bacteriophages are used as a novel therapeutic agent in treating pathogenic bacteria. This paper presents an outline of the topic of phage therapy in Ganga water and the benefits and limitations of bacteriophages for use in humans and animals along with problems arising in Ganga River due to pollution.
Keywords: Water from Ganga river, Bacteriophage, Antimicrobial resistance, Antibiotics, MDR, Covid-19.
Citation: Kaur N, Jaiswal K, Rath R, Arora SS, Behl A. “Phage Therapy- AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPEUTICS”. SVOA Microbiology 3:1 (2022) Pages 07-12.
