title: Expecting the unexpected: nucleic acid-based diagnosis and discovery of emerging viruses.
abstract: Extrapolation from recent disease history suggests that changes in the global environment, including virus, vector and human behavior, will continue to influence the spectrum of viruses to which humans are exposed. In this article, these environmental changes will be enumerated, and their potential impact on target-focused, nucleic acid-based diagnostic tests will be considered, followed by a presentation of some emerging technological responses.
authors.affiliation: Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. rossbarnard@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Ross Thomas
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: Roy A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Ernest A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D025041:Animal Migration; D000818:Animals; D057231:Climate Change; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000175:diagnosis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004777:Environment; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000235:genetics*; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014780:Viruses / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids