To access our Virtual Issues, please visit: www.wiley.com/bw/vi.asp?ref=1323-7799

Virtual Issues regroup a collection of previously published papers collated for a themed issue online.

• Issue 1- Tuberculosis (Feb 2009)
• Issue 2 - Lung Cancer (May 2009)
• Issue 3 - Pleural Diseases (June 2009)
• Issue 4 - Tobacco and Health (Sept 2009)
• Issue 5 - Infectious Diseases (Nov 2009)
• Issue 6 - Pulmonary Fibrosis (February 2010)
• Issue 7 - Complications in Lung Procedures (April 2010)

Further Virtual Issues are planned for the near future.

Watch out for these invited reviews featuring later this year;

• Reviews on bacterial infections, edited by Dr. Jeremy Brown, discussing host response to Pneumococci and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. These reviews will feature in the next issue of Respirology, Volume 15 Issue 7.

Here are some direct links to recent highlights:

• How to set up pulmonary subspecialty services

  This new series, edited by Prof. Y.C. Gary Lee, will look at how to set up pleural disease and interventional pulmonary services, clinical trials unit and state of the art pulmonary rehabilitation. The first review from this series, Development and organization of an interventional pulmonology department by Prof. Henri Colt, features in our latest issue Volume 15 issue 6.

• Pro-con debate

  This series started in Volume 15 Issue 1 with a debate on Public health management of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 infection in Australia: A failure! Debated between Prof. Grant Waterer and Dr. Christine Jenkins and moderated by Dr. David Hui, this pro-con debate was picked up by the press and made the headlines in Australia. Our current issue, Volume 15 issue 6, features a debate on The safety of long-acting beta-agonists: More evidence is needed. The debate is moderated by Prof. Robin Taylor with the pro argument being debated by Dr. Shamsah Kazani, Prof. James Ware and Prof. Jeffrey Drazen and the con argument debated by Prof. Malcolm Sears.

• Think Tank

  This series started in Volume 15 Issue 1 and will continue throughout the year. Our current issue, Volume 15 issue 6, features a review by A/Prof. Martin Kolb and colleagues: Have advanced research technologies made real impact on respiratory medicine? This series will raise issues on different topics such as Lung Cancer, Asthma, Thoracic surgery, OSA and more.

• Tuberculosis

  Edited by Profs. Wing Wai Yew, Giovanni Migliori and Christoph Lange, this review series featured in Issue 1 to Issue 5 of Respirology this year. This series features reviews from world renowned authors on topics such as the control and elimination of tuberculosis, diagnostic advances, immunology and treatment. It will soon be available as a virtual issue online.

• A year in review 2009

  This year our ever popular "A year in review series" focused on the advances in different areas of respiratory medicine and summarised what the articles published in Respirology in 2009 brought to each field. The series started in Volume 15 Issue 1 with a review by Prof. Peter Eastwood and colleagues: Interstitial lung diseases, acute injury, sleep, physiology, imaging and bronchoscopic intervention. This was followed in Volume 15 Issue 2 with the second review by A/Prof. Ian Yang and colleagues: Asthma, COPD and airway biology. The series finished in Volume 15 Issue 3 with a review by Prof. Stephen Spiro and colleagues: Respiratory infections, tuberculosis, pleural diseases and lung cancer.

• Complications in Lung Procedures:

  Now available as Virtual Issue with Free Access! This review series, edited by Profs. Pyng Lee and Najib M Rahman, showcases reviews from specialists from around the world on topics such as complications following pleural procedures, interventional bronchoscopy and radiology, thoracic surgery and ICU management.

• Pulmonary Fibrosis:

  Now available as Virtual Issue with Free Access! This series on pulmonary fibrosis, edited by Profs. Martin Kolb and Gerard Cox, showcases reviews from world renowned authors on the diagnoses, development, treatment and management of pulmonary fibrosis.

• Infectious Diseases:

  Now available as Virtual Issue with Free Access! This series showcases reviews from world renowned scientists and covers topics such as bioterrorism, non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases, pneumococcal diseases, community acquired pneumonia, pneumonia and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndromes in HIV-infected patients.

All review articles published within the last two years are now available FREE online.

A full table of contents is available for each issue.

Before preparing your paper, take advantage of the special 'Write' Way for Authors video, which shows how to improve your prospects of having your paper accepted for publication.

All manuscripts should be submitted online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/res

For assistance please contact the Editorial Office at: respirol@liwa.uwa.edu.au

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Online sample issues are available on Wiley InterScience: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/resp.2010.15.issue-1/issuetoc