2007 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 31

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CDI subject index, 2007

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    ACIR

          See: Childhood immunisation coverage

    Acquired immunodeficiency disease syndrome

          See HIV and AIDS

    Acute flaccid paralysis

          See: Poliomyelitis

    Adverse events following immunisation

          annual report, 2006; 269–282

          supplementary report: 1 January to 30 June 2007; 379–382

    AIDS

          See: HIV and AIDS

    Annual report

          See: Individual surveillance programs

    Anthrax

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Antimicrobial resistance

          prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus isolates in Australia, 2005; 392–397

          prevalence of antimicrobial resistances in common pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae in Australia, 2004: report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance; 106–112

          prevalence of MRSA among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital inpatients, 2005: Report from the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance; 288–296

    Arbovirus infection

          See: Barmah Forest virus infection; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; malaria; Murray Valley encephalitis virus

    ASPREN

          See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

    AusReady

          new facility to help fight emerging infectious diseases; 343

          Australia’s notifiable diseases status, 2005: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System; 1–70

    Australian bat lyssavirus

          See: Rabies

    Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

          See: Childhood immunisation coverage

    Australian encephalitis

          See: National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee

    Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme

          annual report, 2006; 180–184

          quarterly surveillance report; 149–151, 439–440

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 162

          See also: Gonococcal infection

    Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme

          quarterly surveillance report; 162, 254, 336, 441

          See also: Meningococcal infection

    Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network

          See: Tuberculosis

    Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry

          See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory

          See: Poliomyelitis

    Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 163

    Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program

          annual report, 2006–07; 375–379

          See also: Rotavirus

    Australian Sentinel P+ractice Research Network

          quarterly surveillance report; 147, 330–331, 436–437

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 160–161

    Avian influenza

          overseas brief; 154, 257, 339, 445

          See also: Influenza

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    B

    Barmah Forest virus infection

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    BCG

          See: Tuberculosis

    Bird flu

          See: Avian influenza

    Bloodborne diseases

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;
          See also: Hepatitis B; hepatitis C; hepatitis D; HIV and AIDS

    Botulism

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

          See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    Brucellosis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Campylobacter

          See: Campylobacteriosis

    Campylobacteriosis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Chickenpox

          See: Varicella

    Chikungunya

          overseas brief; 154, 257, 444

    Childhood immunisation coverage

          how reliable are Australian Childhood Immunisation Register coverage estimates for Indigenous children? An assessment of data quality and coverage; 283–287

          quarterly surveillance report; 147–149, 251–252, 333–334, 437–439

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 163–164

    Chlamydia

          See: Chlamydial infection

    Chlamydial infection

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Cholera

          overseas brief; 154–155, 257, 444

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Communicable Diseases Intelligence

          change of contact details; 447

          errata; 164–165, 262, 448

          instructions for authors; 157–159

          letter to the Editor; 419

          surveillance systems reported in, 2007; 159–164

    Communicable diseases surveillance

          highlights for 4th quarter, 2006; 134–137

          highlights for 1st quarter, 2007; 240–241

          highlights for 2nd quarter, 2007; 319–320

          highlights for 3rd quarter, 2007; 425–426

          surveillance systems reported in, 2007; 159–164

          tables; 138–146, 242–264, 321–329, 427–435

          See also: Individual diseases

    Compliance with three simultaneous vaccinations due at the one visit at 12 months of age in Australia; 198–202

    Composition of the Australian Influenza Vaccine for the 2007 season; 260

    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Australian surveillance update to March 2007; 194–197

    Cryptosporidiosis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Dengue

          overseas brief; 155, 257, 339–340, 444–445

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Dengue haemorrhagic fever

          overseas brief; 155

    Diphtheria

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Ebola haemorrhagic fever

          overseas brief; 445

    Emerging infectious diseases

          AusReady: new facility to help fight emerging infectious diseases; 343

    Encephalitis: Australian

          See: National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee

    Enterococcus

          prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus isolates in Australia, 2005; 392–397

    Enteroviruses

          See: Poliomyelitis

    Escherichia coli

          See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli

          Haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with a family cluster of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli; 300–303

    Exercise Paton: A simulation exercise to test New South Wales emergency departments’ response to pandemic influenza; 310–313

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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;
          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables; salmonellosis

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    Gastroenteritis

          See: Gastrointestinal diseases

    Gastrointestinal diseases

          See: Botulism; campylobacteriosis; Communicable diseases surveillance: tables; cryptosporidiosis; haemolytic uraemic syndrome; hepatitis A; hepatitis E; listeriosis; salmonellosis; Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli; typhoid

    Gonococcal infection

          Communicable diseases surveillance: tables quarterly surveillance report; 331–332, 439–440

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Gonorrhoea

          See: Gonococcal infection

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    Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

          associated with a family cluster of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli; 300–303

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Haemophilus influenzae type b

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Haemorrhagic fever

          See: Viral haemorrhagic fever

    Hepatitis A

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Hepatitis B

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Hepatitis C

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Hepatitis D

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Hepatitis E

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    HIV

          See Human immunodeficiency virus

    HIV and AIDS

          quarterly surveillance reports; 153–154, 253, 334

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 161

    Human immunodeficiency virus

          overseas brief; 257–258

    Human pituary hormone

          See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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    Immunisation

          See: vaccination
          See also: Childhood immunisation coverage

    Importation of wild poliovirus into Australia, July 2007; 299

    Influenza

          ASPREN data

                See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

          Exercise Paton: A simulation exercise to test New South Wales emergency departments’ response to pandemic influenza; 310–313

          observations on managing an outbreak of influenza A infection in an aged care facility; 410–412

          pneumonia cluster in a boarding school – implications for influenza control; 296–298

          surveillance in Victoria, annual report 2006; 100–106

          surveillance within hospitals: what is the world doing?; 413–418

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables, National Influenza Surveillance Scheme

    Interferon-γ release immunoassays in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection, NTAC position paper, October 2007; 404–405

    Invasive meningococcal infections

          See: Meningococcal infection
          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;

    Invasive pneumococcal disease

          See: Pneumococcal disease
          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;

    Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia

          annual report 2005; 86–100

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    J

    Japanese encephalitis virus

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Kunjin virus infection

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 162–163

          tables; 144–146, 327–329, 433–435

    LabVISE

          See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme

    Legionellosis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Leprosy

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Leptospirosis

          Epidemiology of Leptospira weilii serovar Topaz infections in Australia; 216–222

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Listeriosis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Lyssavirus

          See: Rabies

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    Malaria

          overseas brief; 155

    See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Marburg haemorrhagic fever

          overseas brief; 445–446

    Measles

          overseas brief; 258, 340

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Meningococcal infection

          annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2006; 185–194

          overseas brief; 155, 258

          public health management of increased incidence of meningococcal disease in the Australian Capital Territory: 2003 to 2004; 112–118

          quarterly surveillance report; 162, 254, 336, 441

          reduction in invasive meningococcal disease in Queensland: A success for immunisation; 227–232

          septicaemia and a case of clinically mild illness; 232–233

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

          overseas brief; 155

    Mumps

          overseas brief; 258

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Murray Valley encephalitis virus

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Mycobacterium

          See: Tuberculosis

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    National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research

          See: HIV and AIDS

    National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System

          quarterly surveillance report; 151–153, 254–256, 337–338, 442–443

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 163

    National Influenza Surveillance Scheme

          annual report, 2006; 167–179

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 161

          See also: Influenza

    National Mycobacterial Surveillance Scheme

          See: Tuberculosis

    National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

          annual report, 2005; 1–70

          highlights for 4th quarter, 2006; 134–137

          highlights for 1st quarter, 2007; 240–241

          highlights for 2nd quarter, 2007; 319–320

          highlights for 3rd quarter, 2007; 425–426

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 160

          tables; 138–143, 242–247, 321–326, 427–432

    National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia, workshop; 261

    National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee

          multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: Information Paper (October 2007); 406–409

          Position statement on interferon-g release immunoassays in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection, October 2007; 404–405

          See also: Malaria

    Neisseria gonorrhoeae

          See: Gonococcal infection

    Neisseria meningitdis

          See: Meningococcal infection

    Nipah virus

          overseas brief; 340–341

    Norwalk virus

          See: Norovirus

    Notifiable diseases

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance;
          See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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    Ornithosis

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Overseas briefs; 154–156, 257–259, 339–342, 444–447

    OzFoodNet

          annual report, 2006; 345–365

          quarterly surveillance report

          1 October to 31 December 2006; 128–133

          1 January to 31 March 2007; 234–239

          1 April to 30 June 2007; 314–318

          1 July to 30 September 2007; 420–424

          surveillance data in CDI explanation; 164

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    Pandemic Influenza

          Exercise Paton: A simulation exercise to test New South Wales emergency departments’ response to pandemic influenza; 310–313

    Pertussis

          Bordetella pertussis PCR positivity, following onset of illness in children under 5 years of age; 202–205

          epidemiology in Australia over the decade 1995–2005 – trends by region and age group; 205–213

          epidemiology of pertussis in the Australian Capital Territory, 1999 to 2005—epidemics of testing, disease or false positives?; 383–391

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Plague

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Plasmodium spp.

          See: Malaria

    Pneumococcal disease

          annual report 2005; 86–100

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Pneumonia cluster in a boarding school – implications for influenza control; 296–298

    Poliomyelitis

          Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory

                annual report, 2006; 263–269

          importation of wild poliovirus into Australia, July 2007; 299

          overseas brief; 155–156, 258–259, 341, 446

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Professor Aileen Plant, a celebration of the life of; 260

    Public health management of increased incidence of meningococcal disease in the Australian Capital Territory: 2003 to 2004; 112–118

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    Q fever

          cases in the Northern Territory of Australia from 1991 to 2006; 222–227

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Quarantinable diseases

          See: Cholera; plague; rabies; smallpox; tularemia; viral haemorrhagic fever; yellow fever
          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;

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    Rabies

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Rift Valley fever

          overseas brief; 156, 259

    Ross River virus infection

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Rotavirus

          annual report, 2006-07; 375–379

    Rubella

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Salmonella

          See: Salmonellosis

    Salmonellosis

          large outbreaks of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 infections associated with the consumption of products containing raw egg in Tasmania; 118–124

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    SARS

          See: Severe acute respiratory syndrome

    Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program

    surveillance data in CDI explanation; 161–162

    Serology

          See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme

    Sexually transmissible infections

          See: Chlamydial infection; gonococcal infection; syphilis
          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Shigellosis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    SLTEC

          See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli

    Smallpox

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Staphylococcus aureus

          epidemiology and outcomes for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Australian hospitals, 2005–06; 398–404

          overseas brief; 155

          prevalence of MRSA among Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital inpatients, 2005: Report from the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance; 288–296

    Surveillance

          adverse events following immunisation among children aged less than seven years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2007; 379–382

          report for active trachoma, 2006; 366–374

          systems reported in CDI, 2007; 159–164

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance

    Surveillance reports

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance

    Syphilis

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

          in remote north Queensland; 125–127

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    Tetanus

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Trachoma

          surveillance report for active trachoma, 2006; 366–374

    Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

          See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    Tuberculosis

          bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance, annual report 2005; 80–86

          National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: Information Paper (October 2007); 406–409

          notifications in Australia, annual report 2005; 71–80

          overseas brief; 341–342

          position statement on interferon-g release immunoassays in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection, October 2007; 404–405

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Tularemia

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Typhoid

          See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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    Vaccination

          compliance with three simultaneous vaccinations due at the one visit at 12 months of age in Australia; 198–202

          reduction in invasive meningococcal disease in Queensland: A success for immunisation;
    227–232

          See: Childhood immunisation coverage

          Vaccine preventable diseases and Vaccination Coverage in Australia, 2003 to 2005 - supplement; S1–S152

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;
          See also: Diphtheria; Haemophilus influenzae type b; influenza; measles; mumps; pertussis; pneumococcal disease; poliomyelitis; rubella; tetanus

    Varicella

          Current developments in varicella-zoster virus disease prevention; 303–310

    Vectorborne diseases

          See: 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    ;

    Viral haemorrhagic fever

          See: 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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    West Nile fever

          overseas brief; 446

    Y

    Yellow fever

          overseas brief; 156

          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

    Z

    Zoonoses

          See: Anthrax; Australian bat lyssavirus; brucellosis; leptospirosis; ornithosis; Q fever
          See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;

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