RNA Virus Infections

Follow the links below to find information about RNA virus infections, such as AIDS and HIV, bird flu, colds, influenza, rabies and rotavirus infections.

Reviewed March 2011

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Title:   Rotavirus gastroenteritis
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Rotavirus infections are the most common causes of infectious diarrhoea (gastroenteritis) in young children worldwide.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Gastrointestinal
Publisher:   Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Description:   Journal articles, reports and publications, and bibliography of gastrointestinal disorders in Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Interventions to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy in children with HIV infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Achieving and maintaining high levels of medication adherence are required to realise the full benefits of antiretroviral therapy (ART). We identified four studies that evaluated interventions designed to improve adherence to ART among children and ado...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Oral immunoglobulin for the treatment of rotavirus diarrhea in low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rotavirus infection can cause significant problems including diarrhea in the newborn. This is particularly true in babies weighing less than 2500 g (low birth weight infants). Rotavirus infection is becoming more common in newborn babies and can spread ...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Oral immunoglobulin for the prevention of rotavirus infection in low birth weight infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Rotavirus infection can cause significant problems including diarrhea in the newborn. This is particularly true in babies weighing less than 2500 g (low birthweight infants). Rotavirus infection is becoming more common in newborn babies and can spread f...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Rotavirus
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Rotavirus is a form of viral gastroenteritis. Rotavirus is a common cause of gastroenteritis for Australian babies and preschool children. Infection is caused by person-to-person contact such as touching contaminated hands or faeces (poo). It is possible to be infected with rotavirus several times. Vaccination is available.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Rotavirus and immunisation
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Rotaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause severe viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children. Provides information about immunisation to protect against rotavirus.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program annual reports
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This page contains links to the annual reports of the National Rotavirus Reference Centre from 1999.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Antibiotics for bronchiolitis in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Bronchiolitis is a serious respiratory illness that often affects young babies. It is most commonly caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and is the most common reason for hospitalisation in babies under the age of six months. Babies usually prese...
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   West Nile virus
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   West Nile virus is a viral infection carried by mosquitoes. A person infected with the virus may have no symptoms, or they may have mild flu-like symptoms. In rare cases, the virus can lead to serious complications such as meningitis and encephalitis. There is no human vaccine.
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in young children under the age of 12 months.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Statement on Rotavirus vaccines
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   On 17 March 2010 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) notified the TGA and other regulatory agencies around the world of a manufacturing quality issue concerning its rotavirus vaccine Rotarix.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Rotavirus
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Rotaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause severe viral gastroenteritis in infants and young children. They cause about half of all hospitalised cases of gastroenteritis in children less than five years of age. In temperate climates, rotavirus diarrhoea occurs in seasonal peaks during cooler months; in tropical climates, cases occur throughout the year, often with a moderate peak in the cooler dry months. Onset is usually sudden, and the illness mainly affects infants and young children up to three years of age. Outbreaks can occur among children in day care settings.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Guidelines for the public health management of gastroenteritis outbreaks due to norovirus or suspected viral agents in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Communicable Disease Network Australia (CDNA) formed a working group in 2005 in order to develop national guidance regarding outbreaks of norovirus and suspected viral gastroenteritis, in response to increasing reports of outbreaks. These Guidelines are designed to complement existing state and territory guidelines.
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus by professional health specialists.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   Rotavirus infection
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   Globally, rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in early childhood affecting almost all children under five years of age. A vaccine is now available for infants.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Rotavirus infection
Publisher:   NSW Health
Description:   Globally, rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in early childhood affecting almost all children under five years of age. A vaccine is now available for infants.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Norovirus Laboratory Case Definition (LCD)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a standard case definition for the diagnosis of diseases which are notifiable in Australia. This page contains the laboratory case definition for norwalk virus and gastrointestinal infections.
Date:   Sep 2006
Title:   Respiratory Syncytial Virus Laboratory Case Definition (LCD)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Public Health Laboratory Network have developed a standard case definition for the diagnosis of diseases which are notifiable in Australia. This page contains the laboratory case definition for respiratory syncytial virus.
Date:   Jan 2005

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