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Aboriginal
See: Indigenous
ACIR
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Acute flaccid paralysis
See: Poliomyelitis
Adenovirus
outbreak of pharyngoconjunctival fever; 9-12
Adult diphtheria and tetanus immunisations
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Aedes
aegypti; 283-285
overseas briefs; 184
exotic, detection and elimination; 283-285
AIDS
See: HIV and AIDS
Annual report
See individual surveillance programs
Anthrax
editorial; 188-189
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Antibiotic
antimicrobial therapy
tuberculosis; 5, 257
meningococcal; 113-121, 121-125
resistance
gonococcal; 59-63, 178, 274-276
HIV, multi-drug; 183
Staphylococcus; 184
susceptibility; 60
ceftriaxone; 61, 91, 118, 177, 304
quinolone; 61, 91, 177-178, 304-305
penicillin; 60-61, 90-91, 117-118, 177, 304
spectinomycin; 61, 91, 177, 304
tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 62, 91, 178, 305
tuberculosis; 263-264
Arbovirus infection
National Arbovirus Advisory Committee, report; 33-47
surveillance report; 19, 78, 164-165
See also: Barmah Forest virus, Kunjin virus infection, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus
ASPREN
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Australian encephalitis
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: Encephalitis
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2000; 59-63
quarterly surveillance report; 90-91, 177-178, 304-305
See also: Gonococcal infection
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2000; 113-121
Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network
annual report, 1998-1999; 261-265
retirement; 260
Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory
bi-annual report, July to December 2000; 54-58
See also: Poliomyelitis
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
mosquito surveillance; 283-285
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
annual report, 2000/2001; 143-146
quarterly surveillance report; 28, 92
Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
surveillance
definition; 106
explanation; 27, 90, 175, 303
influenza; 107-112
report; 27, 90, 175, 303
Australia's notifiable diseases status, annual report
See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Avian influenza
See: Influenza
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Barmah Forest virus
surveillance report; 19, 78, 165
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
BCG
See: Tuberculosis
Biological terrorism
editorial; 188-189
Bloodborne disease
surveillance report; 76, 161-162
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS
Body piercing
and tattooing, prevalence; 67-72
Botulism
surveillance report; 76, 163
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
editorial; 99-100
imported beef products; 253
See also: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Brucellosis
surveillance report; 165
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Campylobacter
See: Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacteriosis
surveillance report; 18, 162-163, 288
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Ceftriaxone; 61, 91, 118, 177, 304
Cephalosporin
gonococcal; 59-63, 177, 274-275
Chancroid
surveillance report; 77
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Chlamydia
See: Chlamydial infection
Chlamydial infection
surveillance report; 18, 76, 290
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Chickenpox
ASPREN data
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
See: Varicella
Childhood immunisation coverage
surveillance reports; 30, 94, 307
Cholera
surveillance report; 289
overseas briefs; 95, 181
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Cohort
childhood immunisation coverage; 30, 94, 307
measles; 129-132
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
editorial; 99-100, 101-102, 126-129, 141-142, 187
in case you missed it; 53,
letter to the Editor; 154-155, 277
Communicable Diseases Network Australia
National Arbovirus Advisory Committee, report
See: Arbovirus
networking; 266-269
Communicable diseases surveillance
annual report
See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
See also: individual surveillance schemes
definition; 106
notifiable diseases 2001; 75, 161, 246-247, 288
presentation of surveillance report;18, 75, 161, 288
report; 18-30, 76-94, 161-179, 288-307
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; 236
overseas briefs; 182-183
transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; 248-252
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
editorial; 99-100
overseas briefs; 98, 182
See also: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Cruise ship; 15-17
Cryptococcus
Overseas briefs; 311
Cryptosporidiosis
surveillance report; 163, 288
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Deaths
overseas briefs
unexplained; 97
yellow fever vaccination; 185
Dengue
exotic mosquitoes detection and elimination; 283-285
surveillance report; 291
overseas briefs; 311
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Diarrhoea
cruise ship; 15-17
Diphtheria
surveillance report; 77
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Directly Observed Therapy Short-course
Tuberculosis; 1, 254
Donovanosis
surveillance report; 77, 164, 290
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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East Timor
Malaria; 149-151
Encephalitis
Australian
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
See also: Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus, Murray Valley encephalitis
Enteroviruses
See: hand, foot and mouth disease, poliomyelitis
Environmental health
cooling towers, legionellosis, 63-66
Escherichia coli
surveillance reports; 18, 76
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Fatal familial insomnia
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Flavivirus
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: dengue, Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis
Foodborne disease
OzFoodNet quarterly report; 103-106, 270-273
See also: Salmonellosis
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Gastroenteritis
See: Gastrointestinal diseases
Gastrointestinal diseases
rotavirus; 143-146
surveillance report; 18, 76, 162-164, 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, botulism, campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis, haemolytic uraemic syndrome, hepatitis A, listeriosis, rotavirus, salmonellosis, shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections shigellosis, typhoid
General practice
influenza
See: Influenza, annual report 2000
measles; 19
Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Gonococcal infection
antimicrobial resistance; 59-63, 178
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2000; 59-63
quarterly surveillance report; 90-91, 117-178, 304-305
surveillance report; 290
WHO Western Pacific Region
annual report, 2000; 274-276
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Gonorrhoea
See: Gonococcal infection
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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
surveillance report; 18
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Haemophilus influenzae type b
surveillance report; 19, 77, 290
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Hepatitis A
surveillance report; 76, 289
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Hepatitis B
surveillance report; 76, 161-162
overseas briefs; 308
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Hepatitis C
surveillance report; 76
tattooing and body piercing; 67-72
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Hepatitis D
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Hepatitis E
overseas briefs; 311
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
HIV and AIDS
body piercing and tattooing; 67-72
editorial; 101-102
meningococcal, coinfection; 279-280
overseas briefs; 98, 183
surveillance report; 29, 93-94, 178-179, 306
tuberculosis; 5, 257
Hospitals
measles; 137-140
varicella vaccine; 13-15
Human pituitary hormone
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Hydatid infection
surveillance report; 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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ICD-9
measles; 137-140
Immigrants
tuberculosis; 1-8, 254-260
Immunisation
childhood immunisation coverage
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
measles; 129-132, 133-136
Indigenous
tuberculosis; 1-8, 254-260
Influenza
ASPREN data
See: Australian Sentinel Practitioner Research Network
avian; 96-97
LabVISE data
See: Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, annual report 2000; 107-112
overseas briefs; 96-97, 312
surveillance report; 164, 290
vaccination; 112, 312
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Injecting drug use
tattooing and body piercing; 67-72
Invasive meningococcal infections
See: Meningococcal infections
Invasive pneumococcal disease
See: Pneumococcal disease
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Japanese encephalitis; 33-47
surveillance report; 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
K
Kunjin virus infection
case report, 155-157
surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
surveillance report; 165, 288-303
See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Kuru
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Legionellosis
cluster of cases in western Sydney; 63-66
environmental health; 63-66
surveillance report; 19, 78, 166, 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Leptospirosis
surveillance report; 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Linezolid
overseas briefs; 184
Listeriosis
surveillance report; 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Lymphogranuloma venereum
surveillance report; 77
Lyssavirus
See: Rabies
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Malaria
overseas briefs; 183
Plasmodium falciparum, locally-acquired; 151-153
surveillance report; 165, 288-303
Victoria, 1999 to 2000; 149-151
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Measles
cluster in south-east Sydney general practice waiting room; 19
editorial; 141-142
elimination; 137-140, 141-142
genotype; 12
hospitalised cases; 137-140
immunity among young adults; 129-132, 133-136
outbreak among young adults in Victoria; 12
surveillance report; 18, 77, 165, 290
traveller; 12
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Meningococcal infections
analysis of calls to a disease hotline; 281-282
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, annual report; 113-121
editorial; 126-129
erratum; 280
HIV coinfection; 279-280
invasive; 126-129,
letter to the Editor; 277
outbreak associated with a secondary school; 121-125
outbreak investigation; 279-280
overseas briefs; 95-96, 181-182
surveillance report; 19, 78-79, 166, 291-292
telephone hotline; 281-282
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Mortality
tuberculosis; 1-8, 254-260
Mosquito control
Aedes, exotic; 283-285
arbovirus surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
malaria; 151-153
overseas briefs; 184
Mumps
surveillance report; 165
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
case report, Mt Isa, 48
central Australia update; 49-50
letter to the Editor, 154-155
surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
surveillance report; 28, 50-53, 78, 164-165, 288-303
See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Mycobacteriosis
overseas briefs; 97-98
Mycobacterium
ulcerans
surveillance report; 292
See also: Tuberculosis
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National Arbovirus Advisory Committee
See: Arbovirus
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
surveillance
HIV and AIDS; 29, 93, 178-179, 306
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
See: Influenza
National Mycobacterial Surveillance System
See: Tuberculosis
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
annual report 1999; 190-245
case definitions; 237-242
explanation; 27, 90, 175, 303
surveillance data in CDI, presentation; 18, 75, 161, 288
tables; 20-25, 81-87, 167-172, 293-299
See also: Communicable Diseases Surveillance
National Rotavirus Reference Centre
See: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
Neisseria gonorrhoea
See: Gonococcal infection
Neisseria meningitidis
See: Meningococcal infection
Norwalk-like virus
surveillance report; 166
Notifiable diseases
See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance
See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
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Ornithosis
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Outbreak
adenovirus
See: Adenovirus
measles; 12, 19
meningococcal; 121-125, 281-282
Salmonella; 72, 73, 277-278
Overseas briefs; 95-98, 181-185, 308-312
OzFoodNet
quarterly surveillance report; 103-106, 270-273
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Penicillins
gonococcal; 60-61, 117-118, 177, 274-275, 304
meningococcal; 113-121, 121-125
Pertussis
surveillance report; 18, 77, 291
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Pharyngoconjunctival fever
See: Adenovirus
Plague
overseas briefs; 96, 183
surveillance report; 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Plasmodium spp.
See: Malaria
Pneumococcal disease
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Poliomyelitis
acute flaccid paralysis; 309
Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory report, June to December 2000; 54-58
overseas briefs; 96, 308-309
surveillance report; 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Prion protein
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Prophylaxis
varicella
See: Varicella
Public Health Laboratory Network
new Chair; 269
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Q fever
prevalence of immune markers; 285-287
surveillance report; 165
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Quarantinable diseases
surveillance report; 164, 288-303
See also: Cholera, plague, yellow fever
Quinolone; 61, 91, 59-63, 177-178, 274-275, 304-305
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Rabies
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Ross River virus
surveillance report; 19, 78
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Rotavirus
quarterly surveillance report; 28, 92
surveillance report; 293
See also: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
Rubella
surveillance report; 165
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Salmonellosis
overseas briefs; 183-184
outbreak report; 72, 73, 102, 277-278
surveillance report; 18, 163-164, 289
typhi; 17
Zanzibar; 102
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
See also: OzFoodNet
School
adenovirus
See: Adenovirus
meningococcal infection; 121-125
Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
surveillance reports; 28, 50-53, 176, 305
Serotype
rotavirus; 28, 143-146
Serology
Kunjin virus
See: Kunjin virus; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
See: Murray Valley encephalitis; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
Q fever
See: Q fever
Sexually transmitted infections
surveillance report; 76, 164, 290
See also: Chlamydial infection; communicable diseases surveillance tables, donovanosis, gonococcal infection, syphilis
Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
surveillance report; 76, 161
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Shigellosis
surveillance report; 162
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
SLTEC
See: Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
Smallpox
editorial; 188-189
Spectinomycin
gonococcal; 61, 177, 274-275, 304
Staphylococcus aureus
overseas briefs; 184
Strains
influenza; 107-112
Surveillance
See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance
Surveillance report
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme; 59-63, 90-91, 177-178, 304-305
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program; 28, 92, 143-146
HIV and AIDS; 29, 93, 178-179, 306
Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme; 28, 50-53, 176, 305
tuberculosis notifications; 1-8, 254-260
See also: Communicable Diseases Surveillance
Swimming pool
adenovirus; 9-12
Syphilis
surveillance report; 77, 164, 290
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Tattooing
and body piercing; 67-72
Tetanus
surveillance report; 18, 77, 288-303
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 62, 91, 178, 305
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Traveller
Kunjin virus; 155-157
malaria; 149-151
measles; 12
Tuberculosis
annual report 1998-1999, laboratory; 261-265
annual report 1998, notifications; 1-8
annual report 1999, notifications; 254-260
antimicrobial therapy; 5, 257
BCG; 5, 257
country of birth; 5-6, 257
drug resistance; 53, 261-265
HIV; 5, 257
indigenous; 6-7, 257-258
mortality; 7, 258-259
principal sites; 4-5, 256-257
surveillance report; 78, 292
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Typhoid
case report, Northern Territory; 32
surveillance report; 18, 76,
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Unexplained deaths
overseas briefs; 97
V
Vaccination
measles-mumps-rubella; 12
meningococcal; 121-125
See also: Immunisation
Vaccine
influenza; 107-112, 312
measles; 12
poliomyelitis; 54-58
rotavirus; 143-146
varicella; 13-15
Vaccine preventable diseases
surveillance report; 18, 77, 164
See also: Diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, influenza, invasive pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus
editorial; 99-100
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
editorial; 99-100
overseas briefs; 98, 182, 310
See also: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Varicella
post-exposure prophylaxis; 13-15
Vectorborne diseases
surveillance report; 19, 78, 164-165
See also: Arbovirus infection, Barmah Forest virus infection, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus infection, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus infection
Viral haemorrhagic fever
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
data tables; 25-27, 88-89, 172-174, 299-303
influenza surveillance; 107-112
surveillance report; 79-80, 166, 292
VTEC
See: Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
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World Health Organization
gonococcal, West Pacific Region
See: gonococcal infection
overseas briefs; 95-96, 181-182
X - Y
Yaws
overseas briefs; 311-312
Yellow fever
overseas briefs; 96, 181, 185
surveillance report; 290
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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Zoonoses
surveillance report; 19, 78, 165, 288-303
See also: Anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever
Zoster
See: Varicella
