2006 issues

Communicable Diseases Intelligence issues for 2006

This page contains links to all articles published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence during 2006. All issues are available for download as a full pdf document and each article is available in both pdf and html format.

Volume 30, Number 4, December 2006

This issue is available as a full PDF file (1024 KB) or by individual articles below.

• Communicable Diseases Network Australia National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee annual report, 2005–06
  (Conan Liu, Cheryl Johansen, Nina Kurucz, Peter Whelan)
  (Also available as a PDF file 364 KB)

• Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2005
  (The WHO Western Pacific Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme)
  (Also available as a PDF file 79 KB)

• National Rotavirus Surveillance Program annual report, 2005–06
  (Carl D Kirkwood, David Cannan, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, Ruth F Bishop, Graeme L Barnes and the National Rotavirus Surveillance Group)
  (Also available as a PDF file 44 KB)

• Supplementary report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation among children aged <7 years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2006
  (Glenda Lawrence, Ian Boyd)
  (Also available as a PDF file 40 KB)

• An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 64 gastroenteritis linked to catered luncheons in Adelaide, South Australia, June 2005
  (Cameron RM Moffatt, Barry G Combs, Lillian Mwanri, Ros Holland, Brian Delroy, Scott Cameron, Rod C Givney)
  (Also available as a PDF file 52 KB)

• A multi-jurisdiction outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 associated with purchasing chicken meat from a supermarket chain
  (Michelle E McPherson, James E Fielding, Barbara Telfer, Nicola Stephens, Barry G Combs, Belinda A Rice, Gerard J Fitzsimmons, Joy E Gregory)
  (Also available as a PDF file 60 KB)

• Two years of enhanced surveillance of sexually-transmitted chlamydia in South East Queensland
  (Megan K Young, Bradley J McCall, David Jardine)
  (Also available as a PDF file 58 KB)

• Communicable Disease Conference 2007
  (Also available as a PDF file 14 KB)

• Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Australia
  (Claire L Stevens, Anna Ralph, James ET McLeod, Malcolm I McDonald)
  (Also available as a PDF file 51 KB)

• OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 July to 30 September 2006
  (The OzFoodNet Working Group)
  (Also available as a PDF file 35 KB)

• Communicable diseases surveillance
  • Highlights for 3rd quarter, 2006
    (Also available as a PDF file 77 KB)

• Tables (PDF file 92 KB)
  The tables are available as a full PDF file above or as individual HTML files below.
  • Table 1 (NNDSS jurisdictions)
  • Table 2 (NNDSS notifications)
  • Table 3 (NNDSS rates)
  • Tables 4 and 5 (LabVISE)

• Additional reports
  (Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network, childhood immunisation coverage, gonococcal surveillance, meningococcal surveillance, HIV and AIDS surveillance, National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System)
  (Also available as a PDF file 146 KB)

• Overseas briefs
  (Also available as a PDF file 27 KB)

• CDI subject index, 2006
  (Also available as a PDF file 31 KB)

• CDI author index, 2006
  (Also available as a PDF file 17 KB)

• CDI reviewers 2006
  (Also available as a PDF file 15 KB)

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Editor: John Walker
Editorial and Production Staff: Paul Roche and Alison Milton

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Volume 30 Number 3, September 2006

This issue is available as a full PDF file (1098 KB) or by individual articles below.

• Re-emerging poliomyelitis – is Australia's surveillance adequate?
  (David N Durrheim, Peter Massey, Heath Kelly)
  (Also available as a PDF file 28KB)

• Burden and causes of foodborne disease in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network, 2005
  (The OzFoodNet Working Group)
  (Also available as a PDF file 168KB)

• Communicable Diseases Network Australia annual report, 2005
  (Also available as a PDF file 83KB)

• Annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2005
  (Glenda Lawrence, Ian Boyd, Peter McIntyre, David Isaacs)
  (Also available as a PDF file 252KB)

• Annual report of the Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2005
  (Kerri Anne Brussen, Jason Roberts, Aishah Ibrahim, Vicki Stambos, Bruce R Thorley)
  (Also available as a PDF file 49KB)

• Communicable and vaccine-preventable conditions under surveillance by the APSU: 2005 update
  (Yvonne Zurynski, Paula A Cronin, Elizabeth J Elliott)
  (Also available as a PDF file 81KB)

• A comparison of data sources for the surveillance of seasonal and pandemic influenza in Victoria
  (Hazel J Clothier, Luke Atkin, Joy Turner, Vijaya Sundararajan, Heath A Kelly)
  (Also available as a PDF file 100KB)

• Circulation and antigenic drift in human influenza B viruses in SE Asia and Oceania since 2000
  (Ian G Barr, Naomi Komadina, Chris Durrant, Helen Sjogren, Aeron C Hurt, Robert P Shaw)
  (Also available as a PDF file 147KB)

• Nosocomial and community transmission of measles virus genotype D8 imported by a returning traveller from Nepal
  (Kathryn M Weston, Dominic E Dwyer, Mala Ratnamohan, Ken McPhie, Sau-wan Chan, James M Branley, Lisa J Allchin, Krishna P Hort)
  (Also available as a PDF file 102KB)

• A profile of HIV testing in Victoria, 1984 to 2004
  (Megan SC Lim, Rebecca J Guy, Margaret E Hellard
  Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health Research Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health)
  (Also available as a PDF file 66KB)

• Campylobacter outbreak due to chicken consumption at an Australian Capital Territory restaurant
  (Andrew P Black, Martyn D Kirk, Geoff Millard)
  (Also available as a PDF file 40KB)

• National Vaccine Safety Workshop: summary and draft recommendations
  (Prepared by Glenda Lawrence on behalf of the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases)
  (Also available as a PDF file 60KB)

• OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2006
  (The OzFoodNet Working Group)
  (Also available as a PDF file 36KB)

• Communicable Diseases Surveillance
  
  • Highlights for 1st quarter, 2006 (gastrointestinal disease, sexually transmitted diseases, vaccine preventable diseases)
    (Also available as a PDF file 31KB)
    
    
  • Tables (PDF file 90KB)
    
    The tables are available as a full PDF file above or as individual HTML files below.
    Table 1 (NNDSS jurisdictions)
    Table 2 (NNDSS notifications)
    Table 3 (NNDSS rates)
    Tables 4 and 5 (LabVISE)
  
  
  
  • Additional reports
    (Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network, childhood immunisation coverage, meningococcal surveillance, HIV and AIDS surveillance, National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System)
    (Also available as a PDF file 139KB)

• Overseas briefs
  (Also available as a PDF file 34KB)

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Editor: John Walker
Editorial and Production Staff: Paul Roche, Alison Milton

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Volume 30 Issue 2, June 2006

This issue is available as a full PDF file (821 KB) or by individual articles below.

• Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2005
  (Simon Firestone, Ian Barr, Paul Roche, John Walker)
  (Also available as a PDF file 158KB)

• Augmentation of influenza surveillance with rapid antigen detection at the point-of-care: results of a pilot study in Tasmania, 2004
  (Kate Turner, Kelly Shaw, David Coleman, Avner Misrachi)
  (Also available as a PDF file 33KB)

• Annual report of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 2005
  (Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme)
  (Also available as a PDF file 87KB)

• Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2005
  (Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme)
  (Also available as a PDF file 120KB)

• Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Java infections acquired from tropical fish aquariums
  (Jennie Musto, Martyn Kirk, Diane Lightfoot, Barry Coombs, Lillian Mwanri )
  (Also available as a PDF file 47KB)

• OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 January to 31 March 2006
  (The OzFoodNet Working Group)
  (Also available as a PDF file 39KB)

• Hypovolemic shock and metabolic acidosis in a refugee secondary to O1 serotype Vibrio cholerae enteritis
  (Luke Chen, Ian Woolley, Kumar Visvanathan, Tony Korman)
  (Also available as a PDF file 41KB)

• Prevalence and control of trachoma in Australia, 1997-2004
  (Donna Mak, Louise O'Neill, Ana Herceg, Helen McFarlane)
  (Also available as a PDF file 180KB)

• A report from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia: 1 January to 31 March 2006
  (Also available as a PDF file 18KB)

• Letter to the Editor: The limitation of fever case definitions for avian influenza and SARS
  (Also available as a PDF file 18KB)

• Communicable Diseases Surveillance
  
  • Highlights for 1st quarter, 2006 (gastrointestinal disease, sexually transmitted diseases, vaccine preventable diseases)
    (Also available as a PDF file 28KB)
    
    
  • Tables (PDF file 92KB)
    
    The tables are available as a full PDF file above or as individual HTML files below.
    Table 1 (NNDSS jurisdictions)
    Table 2 (NNDSS notifications)
    Table 3 (NNDSS rates)
    Tables 4 and 5 (LabVISE)
  
  
  
  • Additional reports
    (Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network, childhood immunisation coverage, meningococcal surveillance, HIV and AIDS surveillance, National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System)
    (Also available as a PDF file 86KB)

• Overseas briefs
  (Also available as a PDF file 27KB)

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Editor: John Walker
Editorial and Production Staff: Paul Roche, Alison Milton, Patricia Hurtado

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Volume 30 Issue 1, March 2006

This issue is available as a full PDF file (1.9MB) or by individual articles below.

• Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
  (Keflemariam Yohannes, Paul Roche, April Roberts, Conan Liu, Simon Firestone, Mark Bartlett, et al)
  (Also available as a PDF file 1.1MB)



• Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2004
  (Paul Roche, Vicki Krause, Mark Bartlett, David Coleman, Heather Cook, Craig Davis, et al)
  (Also available as a PDF file 190KB)



• Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2004
  (Paul Roche and the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee)
  (Also available as a PDF file 74KB)



• Tuberculosis in Australia: bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance, 2004
  (Richard Lumb, Ivan Bastian, Taryn Crighton, Chris Gilpin, Frank Haverkort, Aina Sievers)
  (Also available as a PDF file 59KB)



• The BCG vaccine: information and recommendations for use in Australia
  (National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee)
  (Also available as a PDF file 39KB)



• Guidelines for Australian Mycobacteriology Laboratories
  (National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee)
  (Also available as a PDF file 120KB)



• Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoea in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2004
  (The WHO Western Pacific Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme)
  (Also available as a PDF file 81KB)



• National Rotavirus Surveillance Program annual report, 2004-05
  (Carl Kirkwood, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, David Cannan, Ruth Bishop,Graeme Barnes)
  (Also available as a PDF file 34KB)



• Influenza surveillance in Victoria, 2005
  (Joy Turner, James Fielding, Hazel Clothier, Heath Kelly)
  (Also available as a PDF file 184KB)



• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Australian surveillance update to December 2005
  (Genevieve Klug, Alison Boyd, Victoria Lewis, Samantha Douglass, Rebecca Argent, James Lee, et al)
  (Also available as a PDF file 47KB)



• OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: Quarterly report, 1 October to 31 December 2005
  (The OzFoodNet Working Group)
  (Also available as a PDF file 55KB)



• A report from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia, 1 October to 31 December 2005
  (Also available as a PDF file 20KB)



• Surveillance Systems reported in CDI, 2006
  (Also available as a PDF file 41KB)



• Communicable Diseases Intelligence instructions for authors
  (Also available as a PDF file 23KB)




• Communicable diseases surveillance

  • Highlights for 4th quarter, 2005 (gastrointestinal disease, sexually transmitted diseases, vaccine preventable diseases)
    (Also available as a PDF file 51KB)
  
  
  
  • Table 1 (NNDSS jurisdictions)
    Table 2 (NNDSS notifications)
    Table 3 (NNDSS rates)
    Tables 4 and 5 (LabVISE)
    (Also available as one PDF file 92KB)
  
  
  
  • Additional reports
    (Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network, childhood immunisation coverage, gonococcal surveillance, HIV and AIDS surveillance, National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System)
    (Also available as a PDF file 133KB)

• Overseas briefs
  (Also available as a PDF file 28KB)

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Editor: John Walker
Editorial and Production Staff: Paul Roche, Alison Milton, Patricia Hurtado