Bowel‐flora alteration: a potential cure for inflammatory bowel disease and irritable bowel syndrome?

by virus neutralization tests. Under laboratory conditions, Aedes camptorhynchus is a competent vector of Ross River virus," and this mosquito's role as a potential vector of Ross River virus in coastal Victoria long has been suspected. Ross River virus has not been isolated previously from field-collected Aedes camptorhynchus. We believe that this finding warrants further study of the natural history of Ross River virus in Victoria. These investigations are being conducted as part of the Victorian Arbovirus Disease Control Programme which is administered by the Victorian Arbovirus Task Force. J. Campbell, MAgSc J. Aldred, BAgSc G. Davis, BAgSc (Hons) Victorian Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Attwood Veterinary Research Institute 475-485 Mickleham Road, Attwood, VIC 3049 I. Gard G, Marshall 10, Woodroofe GM. Annually recurrent epidemic polyarthritis and Ross River virus activity in a coastal area of New South Wales 11. Mosquitoes, viruses and wildlife. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1973; 22: 551-560. 2. Dobrotworsky NV. The mosquitoes of Victoria. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1965: 79-81,115-117. 3. Ballard JWO, Marshall 10. An investigation of the potential of Aedes camptorhynchus (Thom.) as a vector of Ross River virus. Aust J Exp Bioi Med Sci 1986; 64 part 2: 197-200.