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ACIR
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Acute flaccid paralysis
See: Poliomyelitis
Adverse events following immunisation
annual report, 2004; 248–262
supplementary report: among children aged less than 7 years in Australia , 1 January to 30 June 2005; 413–416
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus
a dengue threat for southern Australia ; 296–298
Aedes aegypti
genetic diversity in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring; 299–304
overseas brief; 228
AIDS
See: HIV and AIDS
Alphaviruses
See: Barmah Forest virus infection; Ross River virus infection
Annual report
See: Individual surveillance programs
Anthrax
surveillance report; 49
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Antibiotic
resistance
gonococcal; 62–64
susceptibility; 139–140
ceftriaxone; 139, 331, 432
cephalosporin; 62–63
penicillin; 63, 139, 330–331, 432
quinolone; 62, 140, 331, 433
spectinomycin; 63, 140, 331, 433
tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 63, 140, 331, 433
Arbovirus infection
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
annual report, 2004-05; 341–357
See also: Barmah Forest virus infection; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; malaria; Murray Valley encephalitis virus
ASPREN
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Australian bat lyssavirus
See: Rabies
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Australian encephalitis
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2004; 137–142
evaluation; 143–149
quarterly surveillance report; 330–331, 432–433
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 92–93
See also: Gonococcal infection
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2004; 150–159
quarterly surveillance report; 222, 332, 430–431
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 93
See also: Meningococcal infection
Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
annual report, 2004; 263–268
See also: Poliomyelitis
Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
surveillance
2004 update; 407–410
data in CDI explanation; 93
quarterly report; 117
Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
evaluation; 231–247
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 91
surveillance report; 58, 113, 219, 328, 430
See also: Influenza
Avian influenza
See: Influenza: avian
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Barmah Forest virus infection
surveillance report; 45–46, 103, 207
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Bloodborne diseases
surveillance report; 21–25
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
See also: Hepatitis B; hepatitis C; hepatitis D; HIV and AIDS;
Botulism
surveillance report; 25, 207, 316, 418
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Brucellosis
surveillance report; 50, 208
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Campylobacter
See: Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacteriosis
surveillance report; 25–26
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Childhood immunisation coverage
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 94
surveillance report; 44, 114–115, 220–221, 328–330, 433–435
Chlamydia
See: Chlamydial infection
Chlamydial infection
surveillance report; 31–33; 318, 418
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Cholera
overseas brief; 123
surveillance report; 207, 317
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Clostridium difficile
overseas brief; 337–338
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
errata; 98–99, 304, 412
instructions for authors; 95–97
surveillance systems reported in, 2005; 90–94
Communicable Diseases Network Australia
Guidelines for the Control of Pertussis in Australia; 197
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee annual report 2004-05; 341–357
quarterly report; 88–89, 196–197, 315, 411–412
Communicable diseases surveillance
reports; 101–119, 206–225, 316–335, 417–438
tables; 104–112, 210–218, 319–328, 421–429
See also: Individual diseases
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Australian surveillance update to 31 December 2004; 269–271
variant
overseas brief; 121, 228, 339, 442
Cryptosporidiosis
surveillance report; 26, 101, 316, 418
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Dengue
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus - a dengue threat for southern Australia?; 296–298
genetic diversity of the vector Aedes aegypti in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring; 299–304
surveillance report; 47–48, 208
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Dengue haemorrhagic fever
overseas brief; 227
Diphtheria
surveillance report; 39
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Donovanosis
surveillance report; 34
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Ebola haemorrhagic fever
overseas brief; 337
Encephalitis
Australian
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
See also: Japanese encephalitis virus; kunjin virus infection; Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Enteroviruses
See: Poliomyelitis
Escherichia coli
See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli /verotoxin producing E. coli
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Flavivirus
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
See also: Dengue; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Foodborne disease
See: OzFoodNet; salmonellosis
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Gastroenteritis
See: Gastrointestinal diseases
Gastrointestinal diseases
epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant; 370–373
surveillance report; 25–31, 101–102, 207, 316–318, 418
See also: Botulism; campylobacteriosis; cryptosporidiosis; haemolytic uraemic syndrome; hepatitis A; hepatitis E; listeriosis; salmonellosis; Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli; typhoid
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Gonococcal infection
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2004; 137–142
evaluation; 143–149
quarterly report; 330–331, 432–433
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: Public Health Laboratory Network position paper; 358–365
surveillance report; 34–36,
WHO Western Pacific Region
annual report, 2003; 62–64
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Gonorrhoea
See: Gonococcal infection
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
a preventable illness? Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant; 77–79
cluster of cases in north Queensland associated with a novel Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli; 193–196
overseas brief; 227
surveillance report; 30, 317
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Haemophilus influenzae type b
surveillance report; 39–40
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Haemorrhagic fever
See: Viral haemorrhagic fever
Hepatitis A
surveillance report; 26–27
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis B
estimates of chronic infection in the Northern Territory; 289–290
surveillance report; 21–23
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis C
surveillance report; 23–24
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis D
surveillance report; 25
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis E
surveillance report; 27, 102, 317, 418
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
HIV and AIDS
overseas brief
multi-drug resistance; 227–228
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 91–92
surveillance report; 116–117, 222–223, 333, 435–436
Human pituary hormone
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Immunisation
adverse events following immunisation
among children aged less than 7 years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2005: Supplementary report; 413–416
annual report, 2004; 248–262
childhood immunisation coverage
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Influenza
and pneumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria; 283–288
ASPREN data
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
avian
overseas brief; 120–121, 122, 226, 336, 338, 439–441
comparison of a rapid test for influenza with laboratory-based diagnosis in a paediatric population; 272–276
laboratory-confirmed
surveillance reports; 40, 102, 207, 318, 418
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
LabVISE data
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
annual report, 2004; 125–136
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 92
overseas brief; 228–229, 338, 442
surveillance in Victoria, 2004; 71–76
vaccination
Australian recommendation for 2005 season; 61
See also: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Invasive meningococcal infections
See: Meningococcal infection
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Invasive pneumococcal disease
See: Pneumococcal disease
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Japanese encephalitis virus
overseas brief; 441
surveillance report; 48, 103, 207
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
K
Kunjin virus infection
surveillance report; 47
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Kuru
epidemiology in the period 1987 to 1995; 391–399
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Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
annual report, 2003; 56–57
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 93
tables; 110–112, 216–218, 325–327, 427–429
LabVISE
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
Legionellosis
surveillance report; 52–54, 209, 419
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Leprosy
surveillance report; 54
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Leptospirosis
surveillance report; 50–51
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Listeriosis
surveillance report; 27
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Lyssavirus
See: Rabies
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Malaria
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
annual report, 2004-05; 341–357
overseas brief; 229
surveillance report; 48–49, 208
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Marburg haemorrhagic fever
overseas brief; 226, 337
Measles
outbreak in Adelaide; 80–82
surveillance report; 40–41, 102
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Meningococcal infection
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2004; 150–159
quarterly surveillance report; 222, 332, 430–431
overseas brief; 121, 337
probable transmission during an international flight; 312–314
surveillance report; 54–56, 103, 209, 318, 419–420
vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania; 160–164
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Mosquitoes
Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus - a dengue threat for southern Australia?; 296–298
genetic diversity of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring; 299–304
Mumps
overseas brief; 122
surveillance report; 41, 318, 419
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
surveillance report; 47, 208
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Mycobacterium
See: Tuberculosis
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National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
See: Arbovirus infection
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee annual report 2004–05; 341–352
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
See: HIV and AIDS
National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
quarterly surveillance report; 118–119, 224–225, 334–335, 437–438
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 93–94
See also: Salmonellosis
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
See: Influenza
National Mycobacterial Surveillance Scheme
See: Tuberculosis
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
annual report, 2003; 1–61
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 90–91
tables; 104–109, 210–215, 319–324, 421–426
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
National Q Fever Management Program
See: Q fever
National Serology Reference Laboratory
workshop announcement; 100
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
See: Gonococcal infection
Neisseria meningitdis
See: Meningococcal infection
Norovirus
epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant; 370–373
Norwalk virus
See: Norovirus
Notifiable diseases
See: Communicable diseases surveillance
See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
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Ornithosis
surveillance report; 51–52, 103
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Outbreak
epidemiological features and control of an outbreak of scarlet fever in a Perth primary school; 386–390
investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hvittingfoss using a web-based case reporting form; 379–381
measles in Adelaide; 80–82
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated; 374–378
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U307 associated with a restaurant; 83–84
Overseas briefs; 120–123, 226–229, 336–339, 439–442
OzFoodNet
annual report, 2004; 165–192
quarterly surveillance report; 85–88, 198–201, 308–311, 382–385
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 94
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Pericarditis
due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant; 77–79
Pertussis
Guidelines for Control of; 197
surveillance report; 41–42, 102, 318, 419
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Plague
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Plasmodium spp.
See: Malaria
Pneumococcal disease
and influenza vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria; 283–288
surveillance report; 42–43
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Poliomyelitis
Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
annual report; 263–268
overseas brief; 120, 336, 439, 441–442
surveillance report; 43
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Public Health Laboratory Network
Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia; 358–365
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Q fever
surveillance report; 52, 103
vaccine uptake in South Australian meat processors prior to the introduction of the National Q Fever Management Program; 400–406
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Quarantinable diseases
surveillance report; 31, 207, 317
See also: Cholera; plague; rabies; smallpox; tularemia; viral haemorrhagic fever; yellow fever
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Rabies
Australian bat lyssavirus
defining the risk of human exposure to through potential non-bat animal infection; 202–205
overseas brief; 121
surveillance report; 50
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Ross River virus infection
incidence of disease in South Australia, 1992 to 2003; 291–296
surveillance report; 46–47
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Rubella
congenital
surveillance report; 419
surveillance report; 43–44
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Salmonella
See: Salmonellosis
Salmonellosis
outbreaks
investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hvittingfoss using a web-based case reporting form; 379–381
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated; 374–378
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U307 associated with a restaurant; 83–84
See also: OzFoodNet
surveillance report; 28–29
See also: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
SARS
See: Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Scarlet fever
epidemiological features and control of an outbreak in a Perth primary school; 386–390
Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
annual report, July 2003 to June 2004; 65–70
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 92
Serology
Kunjin virus
See: Kunjin virus infection
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
See: Murray Valley encephalitis virus
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
biothreat preparedness - a survey of ACT general practitioners; 277–282
surveillance report; 31
Sexually transmissible infections
surveillance report; 31–39, 318, 418
See also: Chlamydial infection; gonococcal infection; syphilis
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli /verotoxin producing E. coli
cluster of cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in north Queensland associated with a novel Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli; 193–197
surveillance of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli in Australia; 366–369
surveillance report; 30, 317, 418
Shigellosis
surveillance report; 30, 317, 418
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
SLTEC
See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli
Smallpox
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Streptococcus pneumoniae
a preventable illness? Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant; 77–79
Streptococcus suis
overseas brief; 441
Syphilis
congenital
surveillance report; 38
surveillance report; 37–38
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
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Tetanus
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Tuberculosis
surveillance report; 56
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Tularemia
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Typhoid
overseas brief; 123
surveillance report; 30–31
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Typhus, scrub
surveillance report; 208
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Vaccination
See: Immunisation
See also: Childhood immunisation coverage
Vaccine
influenza and pneumococcal coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria; 283–288
meningococcal vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania; 160–164
Q fever vaccine uptake in South Australian meat processors prior to the introduction of the National Q Fever Management Program; 400–406
Vaccine preventable diseases
surveillance report; 39–44, 102, 207, 318, 418–419
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
See also: Diphtheria; Haemophilus influenzae type b; influenza; measles; mumps; pertussis; pneumococcal disease; p oliomyelitis; rubella
Vectorborne diseases
surveillance report; 45–49, 103, 207–208
See also: Barmah Forest virus infection; dengue; flavivirus; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; malaria; Murray Valley encephalitis virus; Ross River virus infection
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Vibrio vulnificus cellulitis
secondary septicaemia; 305–307
Viral haemorrhagic fever
overseas brief
Ebola haemorrhagic fever; 337
Marburg haemorrhagic fever; 226, 337
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
VTEC
See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli
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World Health Organization
gonococcal in the Western Pacific Region
See: Gonococcal infection
Y
Yellow fever
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Z
Zoonoses
surveillance report; 49–52, 103, 208
See also: Anthrax; Australian bat lyssavirus; brucellosis; leptospirosis; ornithosis; Q fever
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
