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May 2012

Volume 33 Number 2

May 2012
ISSN: 1324-4272

Viral gastroenteritis

Table of Contents

ASM Affairs

ASM Annual Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

Author(s): ASM

First Words

Viral gastroenteritis

Author(s): Ruth F Bishop
Carl D Kirkwood

In Focus

Aetiological importance of viruses causing acute gastroenteritis in humans

Author(s): Geoffrey Higgins, Sonia Schepetiuk and Rod Ratcliff
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, IMVS, SA Pathology, Adelaide, SA
Tel (08) 8222 3378, 0401 120 725 Fax (08) 82223543 Email Geoff.Higgins@health.sa.gov.au

In Focus

Viral enteritis in domestic animals

Author(s): Kirsten E Bailey and Glenn F Browning
Centre for Equine Infectious Diseases and Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health
Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010
Tel (03) 8344 8095, (03) 8344 7342 Fax (03) 8344 7374
Email baileyk@unimelb.edu.au, glenfb@unimelb.edu.au

In Focus

Impact of rotavirus vaccination on childhood gastroenteritis

Author(s): Sarah Sheridan
Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital,
The University of Queensland
Tel (07) 3636 1265 Fax (07) 3636 5578 Email Sarah_Sheridan@health.qld.gov.au

Stephen Lambert
Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital,
The University of Queensland, Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Health

Keith Grimwood
Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital,
The University of Queensland, The Department of Infectious Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD

Under the Microscope

Rotavirus in the Northern Territory before and after vaccination

Author(s): Thomas L Snelling
Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance
c/- NCIRS, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145
Email tom.snelling@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au

Peter Markey
Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control
c/- NCIRS, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145

Jonathan R Carapetis
Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University
c/- NCIRS, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145

Ross M Andrews
Menzies School of Health Research and Charles Darwin University
c/- NCIRS, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead NSW 2145

Under the Microscope

Molecular epidemiology of rotavirus in the era of vaccination

Author(s): Celeste Donato
Enteric Virus Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Royal Children’s Hospital Parkville, VIC 3052
Department of Microbiology
La Trobe University, Bundoora VIC 3086
Tel (03) 8341 6444 Email cmdonato@students.latrobe.edu.au

Under the Microscope

Importance of host cell receptor specificity and immune responses in rotavirus pathogenesis

Author(s): Barbara S Coulson
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010
Tel (03) 8344 8823 Fax (03) 9347 1540 Email barbarac@unimelb.edu.au

Under the Microscope

Molecular epidemiology of noroviruses and sapoviruses and their role in Australian outbreaks of acute gastroenteritis

Author(s): Peter A White*
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science,
the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052
Tel (02) 9385 3780 Tel (02) 9385 1483 Email p.white@unsw.edu.au
* corresponding author

John-Sebastian Eden
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science,
the University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052

Grant S Hansman
Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 208-0011, Japan

Under the Microscope

Pathogenesis and replication of norovirus: following the mouse tail?

Author(s): Jennifer L Hyde
Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Tel +1 314 362-2847 Email jhyde@DOM.wustl.edu

Jason M Mackenzie
Department of Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne VIC 3086
Tel (03) 9479 2225 Fax (03) 9479 1222 Email j.mackenzie@latrobe.edu.au

Under the Microscope

Astroviruses as causative agents of gastroenteritis

Author(s): Enzo A Palombo
Environment and Biotechnology Centre
Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn VIC 3122

Under the Microscope

Human bocaviruses – role in human acute gastroenteritis

Author(s): Rod Ratcliff
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, IMVS, SA Pathology Adelaide, and School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, SA
Postal Address: RM Ratcliff, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, IMVS, SA Pathology
PO Box 14, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA 5000
Tel (08) 8222 3321, 0403 020 213 Fax (08) 8222 3543 Email Rodney.ratcliff@health.sa.gov.au

Under the Microscope

The association of picornaviruses with gastroenteritis

Author(s): Bruce R Thorley and Jason A Roberts
Enterovirus Reference Laboratory
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne, VIC 3051
Tel (03) 9342 2607 Fax (03) 9342 2665 Email bruce.thorley@mh.org.au and jason.roberts@mh.org.au

Under the Microscope

The role of transmission electron microscopy in the study of gastroenteritis viruses

Author(s): John A Marshall
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
10 Wreckyn Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051
Tel (03) 9342 2678 Fax (03) 9342 2660 Email john.marshall@mh.org.au

ASM Affairs

My FASM experience

Author(s): Gena Gonis
Senior Scientist, Bacteriology Laboratory, The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, VIC