tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062334622304514923.post5262774597787936098..comments2024-02-23T03:15:18.221-08:00Comments on Rule of 6ix: Your top 10 questions in virology? Here's some of mine:Connor Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08132413724023944783noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062334622304514923.post-52522128179074700952012-04-05T01:29:25.881-07:002012-04-05T01:29:25.881-07:00Good point - certainly in some cases it has to do ...Good point - certainly in some cases it has to do with improved technologies like metagenomics and sequencing. Other times it may have to do with increased surveillance. But yet I am sure more often than not an entirely novel virus (in the sense of infecting a new species for example) arises. Imagine what happened when the ape virus SIV initially established itself as HIV in the human population. This was not due to better techniques. The rest of your questions should be answered in this symposium!Connor Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08132413724023944783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4062334622304514923.post-60611419645759388192012-04-02T05:12:37.266-07:002012-04-02T05:12:37.266-07:00Related to your question number 1 but the first th...Related to your question number 1 but the first thing that came to mind: Are newly emerging viral diseases really recently evolved or just a result of improved research techniques to discover them? How long have they been around without getting noticed due to lack of globalization and advances in science/medicine? Are more viral diseases emerging nowadays than in the past?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com