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Carl D. Kirkwood is affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a significant portion dedicated to infectious diseases and hepatology. Kirkwood's work spans several related subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, animal science and zoology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to various topics, notably viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, hepatitis viruses studies and epidemiology, and viral infections and immunology research. Other areas of focus include animal virus infections studies, liver disease and transplantation, gut microbiota and health, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Carl D. Kirkwood include Julie E. Bines, A. Duncan Steele, Margie Danchin, Celeste M. Donato, and Umesh D. Parashar.

Key publication venues for Kirkwood are:

  • Vaccine
  • The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Gut Microbes
  • BMC Public Health

Significant recent papers include:

  • Luminal microbiota related to Crohn's disease recurrence after surgery, 2020, Gut Microbes
  • Systematic review of global hepatitis E outbreaks to inform response and coordination initiatives, 2023, BMC Public Health
  • Hepatitis E should be a global public health priority: recommendations for improving surveillance and prevention, 2020, Expert Review of Vaccines
  • The Challenges and Opportunities of Next-Generation Rotavirus Vaccines: Summary of an Expert Meeting with Vaccine Developers, 2022, Viruses
  • The impact of the rotavirus vaccine on diarrhoea, five years following national introduction in Fiji, 2020, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Best Publications

  • Uniformity of rotavirus strain nomenclature proposed by the Rotavirus Classification Working Group (RCWG).

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Sarah M. McDonald;Houssam Attoui

  • Recommendations for the classification of group A rotaviruses using all 11 genomic RNA segments.

    Jelle Matthijnssens;Max Ciarlet;Mustafizur Rahman;Mustafizur Rahman;Houssam Attoui

  • Rotavirus Vaccination and the Global Burden of Rotavirus Diarrhea Among Children Younger Than 5 Years.

    Christopher Troeger;Ibrahim A. Khalil;Puja C. Rao;Shujin Cao

  • Serotype diversity and reassortment between human and animal rotavirus strains: implications for rotavirus vaccine programs.

    Jon R. Gentsch;Ashley R. Laird;Brittany Bielfelt;Dixie D. Griffin

  • The Vast and Varied Global Burden of Norovirus: Prospects for Prevention and Control

    Benjamin A. Lopman;Duncan Steele;Carl D. Kirkwood;Umesh D. Parashar

  • Metagenomic Analysis of Human Diarrhea: Viral Detection and Discovery

    Stacy R Finkbeiner;Adam F Allred;Phillip I Tarr;Eilleen J Klein

  • Rotavirus antigenaemia and viraemia: a common event?

    Sarah E Blutt;Carl D Kirkwood;Viviana Parreño;Kelly L Warfield

  • Reduction in rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis following introduction of rotavirus vaccine into Australia's National Childhood vaccine schedule.

    Jim P. Buttery;Jim P. Buttery;Stephen B. Lambert;Stephen B. Lambert;Keith Grimwood;Keith Grimwood;Michael D. Nissen;Michael D. Nissen

  • Recent advances in characterizing the gastrointestinal microbiome in Crohn's disease: a systematic review.

    Emily K. Wright;Michael A. Kamm;Shu Mei Teo;Michael Inouye

  • New oligonucleotide primers for P-typing of rotavirus strains: Strategies for typing previously untypeable strains.

    Mirjam Kühne Simmonds;George Armah;Richard Asmah;Indrani Banerjee

  • Complete genome sequence of a highly divergent astrovirus isolated from a child with acute diarrhea.

    Stacy R Finkbeiner;Carl D Kirkwood;David Wang

  • Distribution of rotavirus genotypes after introduction of rotavirus vaccines, Rotarix® and RotaTeq®, into the National Immunization Program of Australia.

    Carl D. Kirkwood;Karen Boniface;Graeme L. Barnes;Ruth F. Bishop

  • Characterization of Nontypeable Rotavirus Strains from the United States: Identification of a New Rotavirus Reassortant (P2A[6],G12) and Rare P3[9] Strains Related to Bovine Rotaviruses

    D D Griffin;T Nakagomi;Y Hoshino;O Nakagomi

  • Risk factors for intussusception in infants in Vietnam and Australia: Adenovirus implicated, but not rotavirus

    Julie E. Bines;Nguyen Thanh Liem;Frances A. Justice;Tran Ngoc Son

  • Surveillance of Rotavirus Strains in the United States: Identification of Unusual Strains

    D D Griffin;C D Kirkwood;U D Parashar;P A Woods

  • Current and new rotavirus vaccines

    Rachel Burke;Jacqueline Tate;Carl Kirkwood;A. Steele

  • Comparative Evolution of GII.3 and GII.4 Norovirus over a 31-Year Period

    Denali Boon;Jackie E. Mahar;Jackie E. Mahar;Eugenio J. Abente;Carl D. Kirkwood

  • Bacteriophages in gut samples from pediatric Crohn's disease patients: metagenomic analysis using 454 pyrosequencing.

    Josef Wagner;Jovana Maksimovic;Gabriella Farries;Winnie H Sim

  • Genetic and antigenic diversity of human rotaviruses: potential impact on vaccination programs.

    Carl D. Kirkwood

  • Emergence of a novel equine-like G3P[8] inter-genogroup reassortant rotavirus strain associated with gastroenteritis in Australian children.

    Daniel Cowley;Celeste M. Donato;Susie Roczo-Farkas;Carl D. Kirkwood;Carl D. Kirkwood

  • Molecular characterization of serotype G9 rotavirus strains from a global collection.

    M. Ramachandran;C.D. Kirkwood;L. Unicomb;N.A. Cunliffe;N.A. Cunliffe

  • A 5-year study of the prevalence and genetic diversity of human caliciviruses associated with sporadic cases of acute gastroenteritis in young children admitted to hospital in Melbourne, Australia (1998-2002).

    Carl D. Kirkwood;Ruth. Clark;Nada. Bogdanovic-Sakran;Ruth F. Bishop;Ruth F. Bishop

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth F. Bishop
Ruth F. Bishop University of Melbourne
Michael A. Kamm
Michael A. Kamm University of Melbourne
Stephen B. Lambert
Stephen B. Lambert Australian National University
Keith Grimwood
Keith Grimwood Griffith University
Jelle Matthijnssens
Jelle Matthijnssens Rega Institute for Medical Research
Michael Inouye
Michael Inouye Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Umesh D. Parashar
Umesh D. Parashar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Nigel A. Cunliffe
Nigel A. Cunliffe University of Liverpool
Max Ciarlet
Max Ciarlet Novartis (Switzerland)

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