The Language of Zika Virus Testing
When a new virus emerges or an old one re-emerges, one of the earliest conversations is about whether there exist good tests to detect it. Laboratory testing takes different forms but remains key to…
Katherine Arden
Katherine was awarded her PhD on the control of replication of HIV-1, from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1999. She has completed postdoctoral research including promoter studies of ion channels in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, UQ; trafficking of iron-related proteins in haemochromatosis at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research; and the detection, culture, characterisation and epidemiology of respiratory viruses while working at the Qpid laboratory, Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre. She has since left the bench and is working as a freelance science and medical writer, while gaining greater hands-on experience of respiratory viruses from her children.
Public Health and Emerging Disease Outbreaks: Why Talking to the Community is a Good Idea
The keys to combat infectious diseases are out there. Due to insufficient communication between key players, we still don't know how to compile all this important information. Many infectious diseases can be controlled, but…
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