Report of the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program, 2003 to 2004

Authors

  • Carl Kirkwood National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052
  • Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052
  • Ruth Bishop National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052
  • Graeme Barnes National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, 3052

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.52

Keywords:

Rotavirus, surveillance

Abstract

The National Rotavirus Reference Centre together with collaborating laboratories Australia-wide has conducted rotavirus surveillance since June 1999. This report describes the serotypes of rotavirus strains responsible for the hospitalisation of children with acute gastroenteritis during the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004. We examined 688 faecal samples using monoclonal antibody immunoassays, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and polyacrylamide gel analysis. This revealed that serotype G1 has re-emerged as the major serotype nationally, representing 40 per cent of all strains, followed by serotype G3 (25.7%) serotype G2 (17.1%) and serotype G9 (11.7%). However, there is substantial geographic variation in the prevalence of rotavirus serotypes. These findings have implications for vaccine development strategies which have targeted prevention of disease due to serotypes G1– G4. Commun Dis Intell 2004;28:481– 485.

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31/12/04

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Kirkwood, Carl, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, Ruth Bishop, and Graeme Barnes. 2004. “Report of the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program, 2003 to 2004”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 28 (December):481-85. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2004.28.52.

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