MicrobeWorld

The title pretty much sums up the main thrust of the post, which also includes section on cheap, rapid diagnostic tests that not only can identify known pathogens, but provide quite a bit of information about novel pathogens (link to a great Pop!Tech video lecture by Ian LIpkin). There's also a sci-fi fact/fiction twist. For those of you who saw "28 Days Later," well...contagious rabies anyone?