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ACIR
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Acute flaccid paralysis
See: Poliomyelitis
Adverse effects following immunisation, surveillance:
Australia, 2000-2002; 307-323
AIDS
See: HIV and AIDS
Annual report
See individual surveillance programs
Anthrax
overseas briefs; 431
surveillance reports; 65
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Antibiotic
resistance
gonococcal; 189-193
meningococcal; 201
overseas brief; 577
surveillance report; 72
susceptibility
ceftriaxone; 192
quinolone; 192-193
penicillin; 191-192
tetracycline resistant Neiserria gonorrhoeae; 193
tuberculosis; 176, 462
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance
strategy, Australia; 435-448
editorial; 433-434
Arbovirus infection
surveillance report; 53-61
See also: Barmah Forest virus, Kunjin virus infection, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus
Arbovirus and malaria website; 434
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 Programme
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report; 189-195
quarterly surveillance report; 147, 420-421,
566-567
See also: Gonococcal infection
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report 2002; 196-208
Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network
annual report 2002; 459-465
Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory
bi-annual report July to December; 352-356
surveillance report; 50-51
See also: Poliomyelitis
Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
bi-annual report 1 Jan-30 June 2003; 524-525
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
128-129
surveillance report; 298-299
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
annual report 2002-03; 492-495
Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network; 123-124
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 125-126
report; 146, 298, 419, 565
Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation;
277-279
Australia's notifiable diseases status annual report
See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance
System
Avian influenza
See: influenza
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B
Barmah Forest virus
surveillance report; 53-56, 407-408, 554
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
BCG
See: Tuberculosis
Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health; 391-393
Bioterrorism
possible response; 73
Bird mites infestation in Wollongong; 259-261
letter to the Editor; 394-395
Bloodborne disease
surveillance report; 25-31, 551
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS
Botulism
surveillance report; 31
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Brucellosis
surveillance report; 61
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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C
Campylobacter
See: Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacteriosis
outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection
among conference delegates; 380-383
overseas briefs; 158
surveillance report; 32, 405
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Chlamydia
See: Chlamydial infection
Chlamydial infection
and gonorrhoea and syphilis incidence in the
Kimberley; 370-372
and Listeria and Yersinia, study
of foodborne pathogens in faeces of slaughter-age cattle and sheep in Australia;
249-257
assessment of the Roche Amplicor Chlamydia
trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiplex PCR assay in routine diagnostic
use; 373-379
surveillance report; 39-41, 286
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Chickenpox
See: Varicella
Childhood immunisation coverage
estimating immunisation coverage: is the 'third
dose assumption' still valid?; 357-361
surveillance of adverse effects following immunisation:
Australia, 2000-2002; 307-323
surveillance reports; 52, 150-152, 301-303,
423-425, 569-570
Cholera
overseas briefs; 428-429, 573
surveillance report; 38
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
editorial; 161-162, 433
letter to the editor
human infestation with bird mites in Wollongong;
394-395
varicella surveillance: simpler than you
think; 100-101
readership survey; 280-283
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
125-132
Communicable diseases surveillance
annual report
See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance
System
See also: individual surveillance schemes
report; 133-154, 285-305, 403-427, 551-564
tables; 16-24, 137-142, 289-294, 410-415, 556-561
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
overseas briefs; 578
surveillance report; 73
variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
overseas briefs; 157, 578
Cryptosporidiosis
outbreak associated with an animal nursery at
a regional fair; 244-249
surveillance report; 32-33
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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D
Dengue
in north Queensland, 2002; 384-389
surveillance report; 58-59, 287, 407, 554
overseas briefs; 155, 430, 573
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Diphtheria
surveillance report; 46
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Donovanosis
surveillance report; 41-42
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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E
Encephalitis
Australian
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus, Murray Valley encephalitis
Enteroviruses
See: poliomyelitis
Esherichia coli
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
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F
Flavivirus
See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: dengue, Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis
Foodborne disease
OzFoodNet
See also: Salmonellosis
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G
Gastroenteritis
See: Gastrointestinal diseases
Gastrointestinal diseases
surveillance report; 31-39, 133-134, 285-286,
551-552
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
Gonococcal infection
and Chlamydia and syphilis incidence in the Kimberley; 370-372
assessment of the Roche Amplicor Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiplex PCR assay in routine diagnostic use; 373-379
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2002; 189-195
quarterly surveillance report; 147, 420-421,
566-567
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
128
surveillance report; 42-44, 286
WHO Western Pacific Region
annual report 2002; 488-491
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Gonorrhoea
See: Gonococcal infection
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H
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
surveillance report; 38
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Haemophilus influenzae type b
elimination: evaluation of prevention in Australia, 1 July 1993 to 30 June 2000; 324-341
surveillance report; 46-47
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Haemorrhagic fever
See: viral haemorrhagic fever
Hepatitis A
overseas briefs; 158
surveillance report; 33-34, 134, 405-406, 552
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Hepatitis B
surveillance report; 25-27, 551
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Hepatitis C
overseas briefs; 158
surveillance report; 27-29
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Hepatitis D
surveillance report; 31
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Hepatitis E
surveillance report; 34
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
HIV and AIDS
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
126
surveillance report; 148-149, 299-300, 421-422,
567-568
Human pituitary hormone
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Immunisation
childhood immunisation coverage
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
National Committee; 548-550
Influenza
ASPREN data
See: Australian Sentinel Practitioner Research Network
avian
overseas briefs; 431, 574-575
laboratory-confirmed
surveillance reports; 47, 406-407, 553-554
LabVISE data
See: Virology and Serology LaboratoryReporting Scheme
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
annual report; 162-172
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
128
surveillance for neuraminidase inhibitor resistance
in human influenza viruses
from Australia; 542-547
vaccine, uptake among Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Island adults in north Queensland, 2002;102-104
vaccination
composition of vaccine for for 2003 season;
78
composition of vaccine for 2004 season; 523
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Invasive meningococcal infections
See: Meningococcal infections
Invasive pneumococcal disease
See: Pneumococcal disease
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J
Japanese encephalitis
surveillance report; 58
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
K
Kunjin virus infection
surveillance report; 56-58, 287
See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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L
Legionellosis
surveillance report; 65-67
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Leprosy
surveillance report; 67
Leptospirosis
surveillance report; 62
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Listeriosis
and Campylobacter and Yersinia,
study of foodborne pathogens in faeces of slaughter-age cattle and sheep
in Australia; 249-257
surveillance report; 34-35, 286
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Lyssavirus
See: Rabies
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M
Malaria and Arbovirus website; 434
overseas briefs; 158-159
surveillance report; 59-61, 134
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Measles
overseas briefs; 576-577
surveillance report; 48, 406, 552-553
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Melioidosis
in northern Australia, 2001-02; 272-277
Meningococcal infections
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2002; 196-208
Editorial: National Meningococcal C Vaccination
Program; 161-162
overseas briefs; 155
surveillance of invasive disease in Queensland,
2002; 342-351
surveillance report; 67-69, 408, 555
using national guidelines to manage group C
outbreak; 520-523
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Monkeypox
overseas briefs; 429-430
Mosquitos
rainfall and vector mosquito numbers as risk
factors for mosquito-borne disease in Central Australia; 110-116
variability of larval identification characters
of exotic Aedes albopictus, Darwin; 105-109
Mumps
and rubella surveillance in Victoria, 1993 to
2000; 94-99
surveillance report; 49
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
surveillance report; 56-58
See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Mycobacterium
See: Tuberculosis
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National Arbovirus Advisory Committee
See: Arbovirus
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical
Research
See: HIV and AIDS
National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
129
surveillance reports; 153-154, 303-305, 426-427,
571-572
National immunisation committee; 548-550
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
See: Influenza
National Mycobacterial Surveillance System
See: Tuberculosis
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
annual report, 2001; 1-78
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 125
tables; 16-24, 137-142, 289-294, 410-415, 556-561
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
National Rotavirus Reference Centre
See: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
Neisseria gonorrhoea
See: Gonococcal infection
Neisseria meningitidis
See: Meningococcal infection
Notifiable diseases
See: Communicable diseases Surveillance
See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
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Opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed patients in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory, prevention; 526-532
Ornithosis
surveillance report; 63
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Outbreak
Campylobacter jejuni; 380-383
dengue; 384-389
meningococcal; 520-523
Salmonella Potsdam; 508-512
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135a;
257-259
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 99;
389-390
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U290; 514-516
Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia; 517-519
Overseas briefs; 155-159, 428-431, 573-578
OzFoodNet
annual report, 2002; 209-243
quarterly surveillance report; 89-93, 504-507
surveillance report; 403-406
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Pertussis
surveillance report; 49, 286-287, 553
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Photorhabdus asymbiotica in cases of human
infection; 540-541
Plague
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Plasmodium spp.
See: Malaria
Pneumococcal disease
annual report 2002, 466-477
laboratory annual report 2001-2002; 478-487
assessment of implementation of conjugate vaccination
program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait infants in north Queensland; 262-266
current status and future challenges, in Australia;
79-88
invasive disease among children in Victoria;
362-366
surveillance report; 50
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Poliomyelitis
Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory
annual report, 2002; 352-356
surveillance report; 50-51
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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Q fever
prevalence of markers of exposure in the Kimberley,
Western Australia; 267-271
surveillance report; 64, 287-288, 554
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Quarantinable diseases
surveillance report; 38-39
See also: Cholera, plague, yellow fever
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Rabies
Australian bat lyssavirus
surveillance report; 64
human lyssavirus death
overseas briefs; 157
surveillance report; 38
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Respiratory syncytial virus; 117-122
Ross River virus
surveillance report; 53-56, 135, 407-408
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Rotavirus
annual report 2002-03; 492-495
surveillance of viral pathogens in Australia;
496-503
Rubella
and mumps surveillance in Victoria, 1993 to
2000; 94-99
congenital, resurgence in Australia, 533-536
in Australia; can we explain two recent cases
of congenital rubella syndrome?; 537-540
surveillance report; 51
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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Salmonellosis
National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
See: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
outbreak of Salmonella Potsdam associated
with salad dressing at a restaurant; 508-512
outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage
type 4 linked to cold set cheesecake; 513-514
outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage
type 135a in a child care centre; 257-259
outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage
type 99 linked to contaminated bakery piping bags; 389-390
outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage
type U290 linked to a bakery; 514-516
surveillance report; 35-37, 133-134, 285, 404,
551
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
See also: OzFoodNet
SARS
See: severe acute respiratory syndrome
Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
annual report July 2002 to June 2003; 367-369
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
127
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; 39-45, 286
See also: Chlamydial infection; communicable
diseases surveillance tables, donovanosis, gonococcal infection, syphilis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
overseas briefs; 428, 575-576
Shiga-like toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
investigation of two clusters in South Australia;
517-519
surveillance report; 38
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Shigellosis
surveillance report; 37
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
SLTEC
See: Shiga-like toxin and verotoxin producing
E. coli infections
Smallpox
overseas briefs; 431
Staphylococcus aureus
overseas briefs; 156-157
Surveillance
See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance
Surveillance reports
See individual surveillance reports
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
Syphilis
and Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea incidence
in the Kimberley; 370-372
surveillance report; 44-45
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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Tetanus
surveillance report; 52
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Tuberculosis
annual report laboratory, 2001; 173-180
annual report laboratory, 2002; 459-465
annual report notifications, 2002; 449-458
national atypical mycobacteria survey, 2000; 180-189
overseas briefs; 156
surveillance report; 69, 135
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
Typhoid
overseas briefs; 429
surveillance report; 38
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
tables
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U - V
Vaccination
See: Childhood Immunisation coverage
Vaccine preventable diseases
surveillance report; 46-52, 286-287, 406-407
See also: Diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type
b, influenza, pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis,
rubella, tetanus
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Varicella
surveillance: simpler than you think. Letter
to the Editor; 100-101
Vectorborne diseases
surveillance report; 53-61, 135, 287-288, 407-408
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
Viral pathogens surveillance
respiratory syncytial virus; 117-122
Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
data tables; 143-145, 295-297, 416-418
surveillance data in CDI explanation;
128
surveillance report; 69-72, 136
VTEC
See: Shiga-like toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
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W
West Nile fever
overseas briefs; 155
World Health Organization
gonococcal West Pacific Region;
See: Gonococcal infection
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X - Y
Yellow fever
See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
Yersiniosis
and Campylobacter and Listeria, study
of foodborne pathogens in faeces of slaughter-age cattle and sheep in Australia; 249-257
Z
Zoonoses
surveillance report; 61-65
See also: Anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever
Zoster
See: Varicella
