Rotavirus diversity: what surveillance will tell us

Authors

  • Paul J Masendycz National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville Victoria
  • Enzo A Palombo National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville Victoria
  • Graeme L Barnes National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville Victoria
  • Ruth F Bishop National Rotavirus Reference Centre, Department of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville Victoria

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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1999.23.27

Abstract

Information on rotaviruses, which are the major cause of severe acute diarrhoea in infants and young children throughout the world.

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Bishop RF. Natural history of human rotavirus infections. In: Kapikian AZ (ed). Viral infections of the gastrointestinal tract. 2nd ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1994:131-167.

Carlin JB, Chondros P, Masendycz P, Bugg H, Bishop RF, Barnes GL. Rotavirus infection and rates of hospitalisation for acute gastroenteritis in young children in Australia, 1993-1996. Med J Aust 1998;169:252-256.

Masendycz PJ, Unicomb LE, Kirkwood CD, Bishop RF. Rotavirus serotypes causing severe acute diarrhoea in young children in six Australian cities, 1989 to 1992. J Clin Microbiol. 1994;32:2315-2317.

Palombo EA, Bishop RF. Genetic and antigenic characterisation of a serotype G6 human rotavirus isolated in Melbourne, Australia. J Med Virol 1995;47:348-354.

Palombo EA, Clark R, Bishop RF. Characterisation of a 'European-like' serotype G8 human rotavirus isolated in Australia. J Med Virol 1999;51 (in press).

Palombo EA, Bugg HC, Masendycz PJ, Coulson BS, Barnes GL, Bishop RF. Multiple-gene rotavirus reassortants responsible for an outbreak of gastroenteritis in central and northern Australia. J Gen Virol 1996;77:1223-1227.

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08/07/99

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Masendycz, Paul J, Enzo A Palombo, Graeme L Barnes, and Ruth F Bishop. 1999. “Rotavirus Diversity: What Surveillance Will Tell Us”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 23 (July):198-99. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1999.23.27.

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Vol. 23 (1999)

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