Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6132249 Current Opinion in Microbiology 2013 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

- Pathogen discovery is critically important to infectious diseases and public health.
- Nearly all new outbreaks are caused by the emergence of novel viruses.
- Genomic tools for pathogen discovery include consensus PCR, microarrays, and deep sequencing.
- Downstream studies are often necessary to link a candidate novel virus to a disease.
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