Molecular characterization of the first reported A in Australia.

A novel real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-rPCR) assay was developed to detect (AiV-A) based on four complete genomes. The assay successfully detected AiV-A in a sample from a patient with acute gastroenteritis in January 2008. Screening of 756 samples submitted for norovirus testing during May 2008 detected a further 23 AiV-A-positive samples from 18 individual patients.

FTA Cards Facilitate Storage, Shipment, and Detection of Arboviruses in Infected Collected in Adult Mosquito Traps.

AbstractThe utility of applying infected to Flinders Technology Associates (FTA) cards for storage, transport, and detection of dengue, Zika, and Barmah Forest viruses was assessed in laboratory-based experiments. The mosquitoes had been removed from Gravid Traps maintained under conditions of high temperature and humidity. RNA of all viruses could be detected in infected mosquitoes on FTA cards either individually or in pools with uninfected mosquitoes, and stored for up to 28 days.