Until recently a neglected disease syndrome, diarrhea is responsible for many millions of infant deaths in developing countries. The result of a 1987 symposium, this volume reflects advances in the aetiology of diarrhea while addressing such puzzling problems as the difficulty of growing viruses in a controlled setting. The volume is deliberately restricted to so-called ``novel'' diarrhea viruses and is not concerned with ``classical'' rotaviruses, which have formed the basis of previous symposia. Articles concentrate on: atypical rotaviruses; the enteric adenoviruses; small round viruses such as astroviruses, caliciviruses and Norwalk virus; and the Berne and Breda viruses, suggested as a new family Toroviridae. The contributions come from an interdisciplinary mix of virologists (both human and veterinary), epidemiologists, molecular biologists, and pathologists.

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Novel Diarrhoea Viruses

Neurobiology of Incontinence

Research and the Ageing Population

The Childhood Environment and Adult Disease

Calcium and the Cell

The Biology of Hyaluronan

Regeneration of Vertebrate Sensory Receptor Cells

Aluminium in Biology and Medicine

Secondary Metabolites

Metastasis

Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Disease