Jim Gray

TL;DR: The establishment of better reverse genetics systems for RVs is the most important research goal for both the understanding of the molecular biology of RVs and the development of new and safe RV vaccines.

TL;DR: In the first month, 1,340 cases were seen; 73% of patients required hospital admission and 36% were hospital staff, and Investigations showed only caliciviruses.

TL;DR: A fecal archive containing 115 sapovirus strains detected in samples collected from 15 outbreaks and 98 sporadic cases of gastroenteritis between 1989 and 2004 in the UK were characterized in order to determine the genomic diversity within SaV co‐circulating in the human population.

TL;DR: It is shown that nucleic acid can be extracted and specific sequences amplified and detected from archived fecal samples, and the IID archive represents a valuable resource for further studies, especially the investigation of the samples from which no pathogens had previously been detected.

TL;DR: Methods used to investigate 407 outbreaks of acute non‐bacterial gastroenteritis occurring in the North‐West of England between January 2000 and July 2001 and suspected to be caused by noroviruses (NV) demonstrate the continuing predominance of GII‐4 GRV strain of NV as a cause of outbreaks, particularly in hospital and nursing home settings.