> I wonder how many other diseases will wind up having bacterial or viral causes.
I was speaking to virologist socially a year or two back, and they stressed that most viruses are only discovered because we go looking for them after acute, serious symptoms. The new tools for trivial DNA sequencing are going to be interesting, it means getting a much more complete picture of the presence of viruses and bacteria, which could then be combined with epidemiology. That virologist thought that a lot of inflammatory diseases like atherosclerosis or arthritis could actually be triggered or exacerbated by infection. The next 10 years will be interesting.
I was speaking to virologist socially a year or two back, and they stressed that most viruses are only discovered because we go looking for them after acute, serious symptoms. The new tools for trivial DNA sequencing are going to be interesting, it means getting a much more complete picture of the presence of viruses and bacteria, which could then be combined with epidemiology. That virologist thought that a lot of inflammatory diseases like atherosclerosis or arthritis could actually be triggered or exacerbated by infection. The next 10 years will be interesting.