2002 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 26, 2002

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Subject index, 2002


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A

Aboriginal
       See: Indigenous

ACIR
       See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Acute flaccid paralysis
       See: Poliomyelitis

Adult diphtheria and tetanus immunisations
       See: Childhood immunisation coverage

AIDS
       See: HIV and AIDS

Annual report
       See individual surveillance programs

Anthrax
       overseas briefs; 90-91, 634
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Antibiotic
       antimicrobial therapy
             tuberculosis; 226-233, 533
             meningococcal; 407-408
       resistance
             gonococcal; 156-158, 242-247
             Staphylococcus; 497
             surveillance report; 190
       susceptibility
             ceftriaxone; 84, 245, 623
             cephalosporin; 544
             penicillin; 84, 244-245, 414, 542, 622
             quinolone; 84, 245, 543, 623
             spectinomycin; 84, 245, 543, 623
             tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 85, 246, 544, 623

Arbovirus infection
       surveillance report; 170-175
       See also: Barmah Forest virus, Kunjin virus infection, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus

ASPREN
       See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

Australia's Imported Food Program; 28-32

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
       See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Australian encephalitis
       See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
       annual report, 2001; 242-247
       quarterly surveillance report; 83-85, 622-623
WHO Western Pacific Region annual report, 2001; 541-545
       See also: Gonococcal infection

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare; 605-607

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
       annual report, 2001; 407-408

Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network
       annual report, 2000; 226-233

Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory
       bi-annual report, July to December 2001; 419-427

surveillance report; 188
       See also: Poliomyelitis

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
       surveillance report; 624-625

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
       annual report, 2001/2002; 537-540
       quarterly surveillance report; 305

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
       surveillance
             data in CDI, explanation; 58-59
             report; 82, 188, 304, 487, 621

Australia's notifiable diseases status, annual report
       See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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B

Barmah Forest virus
       outbreak of disease in Victoria; 600-604

surveillance report; 71, 170-171
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

BCG
       See: Tuberculosis

Bloodborne disease
       surveillance report; 65, 138-143, 472
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS

Botulism
       surveillance report; 144-145
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
       overseas briefs; 91-93, 498-499
       See also: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Brucellosis
       overseas briefs; 312-313
       surveillance report; 177
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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C

Calicivirus
       prolonged outbreak linked to an aged-care facility; 261-264

Campylobacter
       See: Campylobacteriosis

Campylobacteriosis
       surveillance report; 66, 146, 608-609
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Ceftriaxone; 84, 245, 623

Cephalosporin; 544

Chancroid
       annual report, 2000; 154

Chlamydial infection
       rising prevalence of genital infection at Sydney Sexual Health Centre, 1994 to 2000; 51-54
       surveillance report; 154-156, 294, 610
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chickenpox
       See: Varicella

Childhood immunisation coverage
       surveillance report; 87-88, 168, 307-309, 491-493, 626-628

Cholera
       overseas briefs; 90, 93-94
       surveillance report; 610
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Communicable Diseases Australia Website; 575

Communicable Diseases Control Conference 2003; 471

Communicable Diseases Intelligence
       editorial; 5-7, 113-117, 321-322, 436- 438, 552-554
       editorial team; 225, 575
       errata; 13, 73, 288-289, 374, 545
       instructions for authors; 62-64
       surveillance data in CDI, explanation; 57-61

Communicable diseases surveillance
       annual report
              See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
              See also: Individual surveillance schemes
       report; 65-88, 290-310, 472-495, 608-630

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
       evaluation of Australian surveillance system; 265-272
       surveillance report; 190
       variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
             overseas briefs; 312, 632

Cryptosporidiosis
       outbreak linked to unpasteurised milk; 449-450
       surveillance report; 67, 290-291, 473
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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D

Dengue
       outbreak in two suburbs in Townsville, North Queensland, 2001; 596-600
       overseas briefs; 94, 311, 496, 633-634
       surveillance report; 173, 294
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Diphtheria
       overseas briefs; 315
       surveillance report; 162
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Directly Observed Therapy Short-course
       Tuberculosis; 214

Donovanosis
       surveillance report; 156
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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E

Ebola haemorrhagic fever
       overseas briefs; 90, 313

Encephalitis
       See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       See also: Kunjin virus, Murray Valley encephalitis

Enteroviruses
       See: Hand, foot and mouth disease; poliomyelitis

Errata
       invasive meningococcal disease and invasive coinfection; 13
       National notifiable diseases annual report, 1999; 73

Escherichia coli
       overseas briefs; 631

Escolar
       editorial; 436-438
       outbreak; 439-440, 440, 441-445

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F

Flavivirus
       See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       See also: dengue, Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis

Foodborne disease
       Australia's Imported Food Program; 28-32
       OzFoodNet
             annual report, 2001; 375-406
             quarterly report; 22-27, 248-252, 430-435, 546-551
       See also: Salmonellosis

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G

Gastrointestinal diseases
       linked to barbecued chicken; 446-448
       outbreak associated with escolar; 439-440, 440, 441-445
       editorial; 436-438
       outbreak associated with raw eggs; 32-37, 38-39, 285-287
       surveillance report; 65-67,144-153, 290-292, 473-474, 608-610
       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

Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Gonococcal infection
       antimicrobial resistance; 156-158, 242-247
       Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
             annual report, 2001; 242-247
             quarterly surveillance report; 83-85, 622-623
       surveillance report; 68, 156-158
       WHO Western Pacific Region
             annual report, 2001; 541-545
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Gonorrhoea
       See: Gonococcal infection

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H

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
       surveillance report; 65
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemophilus influenzae type b
       surveillance report; 70, 163
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemorrhagic fever
       See: Viral haemorrhagic fever

Hand, foot and mouth disease
       overseas briefs; 94

Hepatitis A
       surveillance report; 66, 147, 292
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis B
       surveillance report; 139-140
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis C
       outcomes from the first two years of the Australian surveillance strategy; 14-22
       surveillance report; 65, 141-143
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis D
       reduction in disease burden: measuring the success of universal    immunisation programs; 458-460
       surveillance report; 143
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis E
       overseas briefs; 95
       surveillance report; 66, 148
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

HIV and AIDS
       overseas briefs; 487

surveillance data in CDI, explanation; 59
       surveillance report; 85-86, 307-308, 489-490, 625-626

Human calicivirus
       See: Calicivirus
       See also: Norwalk-like virus

Human pituitary hormone
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Hydatid infection
       annual report, 2000; 177

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I

Immunisation
       childhood immunisation coverage
             See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Influenza
       ASPREN data
             See: Australian Sentinel Practitioner Research Network
       editorial: improving surveillance in Australia; 5-7
       fragmentation of surveillance in Australia, 8-12
       LabVISE data
             See: Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
       National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
             annual report 2001; 204-213
             surveillance data in CDI, explanation; 59-60
             surveillance report; 70, 189, 292-293, 474, 610
       overseas briefs; 315, 498, 631
       vaccination
             Australian recommendation for 2002 season; 64
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Intergovernmental Committee on HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases; 469-470

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J

Japanese encephalitis
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

K

Kunjin virus infection
       and Murray Valley encephalitis, reappearance of human cases in Central Australia; 39-44
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
       See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Kuru
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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L

Legionellosis
       review of surveillance in Australia, 1991 to 2000; 461-468
       surveillance report; 71-72, 181-183, 476, 611
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Leprosy
       surveillance report; 183

Leptospirosis
       surveillance report; 178-180
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Listeriosis
       overseas briefs; 631
       surveillance report; 66-67, 148, 609
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Lymphogranuloma venereum
       surveillance report; 156

Lyssavirus
       See: Rabies

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M

Malaria
       overseas briefs; 95, 314, 316
       surveillance report; 175
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Measles
       outbreak among young adults in Victoria, February 2001; 273-278
       outbreak in the Whitsundays, Queensland; 589-592
       overseas briefs; 94-95, 496
       surveillance report; 69, 163-165, 292, 474, 610
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Melioidosis
       Torres Strait Islands of Far North Queensland; 279-283
       surveillance report; 295

Meningitis
       overseas briefs; 313

Meningococcal infections
       Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, annual report, 2001; 407-418
       epidemiology in north Queensland, 1995 to 1999; 44-50
       erratum; 13
       overseas briefs; 634-635
       refining the public health response to primary meningococcal conjunctivitis; 592-595
       surveillance report; 72, 183-185, 294, 476, 611
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Mosquito control
       Aedes, exotic; 175

Mumps
       surveillance report; 69-70, 163-165
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Murray Valley encephalitis virus
       and Kunjin reappearance of human cases in Central Australia; 39-44
       surveillance report; 71, 294
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
       See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Mycobacterium
       See also: Tuberculosis

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N

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
       See: HIV and AIDS

National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
       surveillance reports; 309-310, 494-495, 629-630

National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
       See: Influenza

National Mycobacterial Surveillance System
       See: Tuberculosis

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
       annual report, 2000; 118-203
       case definitions; 191-198
       erratum; 73
       surveillance data in CDI, explanation; 58
       tables; 74-79, 296-301, 478-483, 612-617
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance

National Public Health Partnership; 284-285

National Rotavirus Reference Centre
       See: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program

Neisseria gonorrhoea
       See: Gonococcal infection

Neisseria meningitidis
       See: Meningococcal infection

Nipah virus
       overseas briefs;635

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

Norwalk-like virus
       calicivirus, prolonged outbreak linked to an aged-care facility; 261-264
       editorial; 552-554
       outbreak in Canberra: implications for infection control in aged care facilities; 555-561
       surveillance report; 72-73

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O

Ornithosis
       surveillance report; 180, 474
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Outbreak
       Barmah Forest virus; 600-604
       dengue; 596-600
       measles; 273-278, 589-592
       Norwalk-like virus; 261-264, 555-561
       Salmonella; 32-37, 38-39, 285-287, 562-567, 568-573

Overseas briefs; 90-97, 311-316, 496-499, 631-635

OzFoodNet
       annual report, 2001; 375-406
       quarterly surveillance report; 22-27, 248-252, 430-435, 546-551

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P

Penicillins
       gonococcal; 84, 244-245, 542, 622
       meningococcal; 414

Pertussis
       infection control and public health aspects of a case in a maternity health care worker;584-586
       surveillance report; 68-69, 165-167, 292, 474
       tracking transition from whole-cell to acellular pertussis vaccines, Australian Childhood Immunisation Register; 581-583
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Plague
       overseas briefs; 314
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Plasmodium spp.
       See: Malaria

Pneumococcal disease
       annual report; 505-519
       invasive disease in North Queensland, 2001; 520-524
       surveillance report; 293
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Poliomyelitis
       acute flaccid paralysis; 253-260, 419-427
       Australia declared polio free; 253-260
       Australia's commitment to global eradication by 2005; 237
       Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory annual report, 2001; 419-427
       eradication in Australia and the world; 113-117
       overseas briefs; 312, 498, 635
       surveillance report; 167
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Prion protein
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Public Health Laboratory Network; 55-57

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Q

Q fever
       surveillance report; 180-181, 474
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Quarantinable diseases
       surveillance report; 153, 610
       See also: Cholera, plague, yellow fever

Quinolone; 84-85, 245, 543, 623

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R

Rabies
       unusual reaction to vaccine; 587-588
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Ross River virus
       surveillance report; 71, 172, 294
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Rotavirus
       annual report, 2001/2002; 537-540
       quarterly surveillance report; 305
       surveillance report; 188
       See also: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program

Rubella
       overseas briefs; 316
       surveillance report; 70, 167-168
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Salmonellosis
       National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
       See: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
       outbreak associated with raw eggs; 32-37, 38-39, 285-287
       outbreak of new phage type linked to symptomatic food handler; 562-567
       statewide outbreak of Salmonella Bovismorbificans phage type 32 infection in Queensland; 568-573
       surveillance; 609

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       annual report, 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2002; 253-260
       surveillance data in CDI, explanation; 60-61
       surveillance reports; 83

Serology
       Kunjin virus
             See: Kunjin virus; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       Murray Valley encephalitis virus
             See: Murray Valley encephalitis; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Sexually transmitted infections
       surveillance report; 68, 153-160, 610
       See also: Chlamydial infection; communicable diseases surveillance tables, donovanosis, gonococcal infection, syphilis

Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
       surveillance report; 151, 609
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Shigellosis
       overseas briefs; 498
       surveillance report; 151
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

SLTEC
       See: Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections

Smallpox
       overseas briefs; 97, 632-633

Spectinomycin; 84, 245, 543

Staphylococcus enterotoxin
       outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning; 574-575

Surveillance
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance

Surveillance report
       Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme; 83-85, 622-623
       Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program; 305
       HIV and AIDS; 85-86, 307-308, 489-490, 625-626

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme; 83, 253-260      
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance

Syphilis
       surveillance report; 68, 158-160
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Tetanus
       surveillance report; 69, 168
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 85, 246, 544, 623

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Tuberculosis
       annual report, 2000, laboratory; 226-233
       annual report, 2000, notifications; 214-225
       annual report, 2001, notifications; 525-536
       antimicrobial therapy; 223, 533
       National Strategic Plan for TB Control in Australia beyond 2000; 238-241
       surveillance report; 185
       Western Pacific Region, Second Technical Advisory Group meeting, Beijing; 234-237
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Tularemia
       overseas briefs; 90

Typhoid
       surveillance report; 66, 152
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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U

Unexplained rash
       overseas briefs; 313-314

V

Vaccination
       See also: Immunisation

Vaccine
       unusual reaction to rabies vaccine; 587-588

Vaccine effectiveness, observation methods; 451-457

Vaccine preventable diseases
       surveillance report; 68-70, 161-168, 292-293, 474, 610
       See also: Diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, influenza, invasive pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus

Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus
       surveillance report; 72

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Varicella
       overseas briefs; 97
       varicella-zoster virus; 576-580

Vectorborne diseases
       surveillance report; 70-71, 169-175, 293-294
       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
       overseas briefs; 90, 313
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
       data tables; 80-82, 302-304,484-486, 618-620
       editorial; 321
       review, 1991 to 2000; 323-374
       surveillance data in CDI, explanation; 61
       surveillance report; 185-187, 294, 476-477, 611

VTEC
       See: Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections

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W

West Nile virus
       overseas briefs; 313, 631, 634

World Health Organization
       gonococcal, Western Pacific Region, 2001; 541-545

X - Y

Yellow fever
       overseas briefs; 95-96
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Yersiniosis
       annual report, 2000; 152-153

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Z

Zoonoses
       surveillance report; 175-181, 294, 475
       See also: Anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever

Zoster
       See: Varicella

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