Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiology reports, Australia
For coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiological reports, covering COVID-19 incidence within Australia, please refer to this page.
Editorial
Announcement of a change in CDI’s editorship
CDI Editorial Team || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.13 || Published online: 26/2/2021Full Text: (Word 68.19 KB) (PDF 2.74 MB)
Notice to readers
ATAGI 2021 annual statement on immunisation (Last updated: 19 September 2021)
Catherine Tran, Clayton Chiu, Allen C Cheng, Nigel W Crawford, Michelle L Giles, Kristine K Macartney, Christopher C Blyth, on behalf of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.60 || Published online: 28/10/2021Full Text: (Word 84.28 KB) (PDF 2.98 MB)
Letter to the Editor
SARS-CoV-2 public health investigation in an aged care facility and challenges with serological screening in low pre-test probability settings
Nicolas R Smoll, Carmel Taylor, Ross Martin, Sarah Wheatley, Peter Moore, Mitchell Finger, Frederick Moore, Sanmarié Schlebusch, Gulam Khandaker || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.42 || Published online: 16/8/2021Full Text: (Word 84.8 KB) (PDF 2.84 MB)
High influenza vaccination uptake in Victorian healthcare workers in 2020
Lyn-li Lim, Alex J Hoskins, Leon J Worth, Katherine C Walker, Ann L Bull, Noleen Bennett || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.37 || Published online: 22/7/2021Full Text: (Word 70.99 KB) (PDF 2.85 MB)
Influenza vaccination uptake in Australia in 2020: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?
Frank Beard, Alexandra Hendry, Kristine Macartney || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.10 || Published online: 26/2/2021Full Text: (Word 389.44 KB) (PDF 2.92 MB)
Original articles
Salmonella Paratyphi A infection: implications for public health management of extra-intestinal presentations – case study of a neck abscess
Moniek Borsovszky, Sophie Norton, Shopna K Bag, Jen Kok || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.66 || Published online: 21/12/2021Full Text: (Word 105.72 KB) (PDF 3.18 MB)
Epidemiology of mumps outbreaks and the impact of an additional dose of MMR vaccine for outbreak control in regional Queensland, Australia, 2017–2018
Jacina Walker, Odewumi Adegbija, Nicolas Smoll, Arifuzzaman Khan, Jordan Whicker, Heidi Carroll, Rachael Rodney Harris, Gulam Khandaker || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.67 || Published online: 21/12/2021Full Text: (Word 298.97 KB) (PDF 3.31 MB)
COVID-19 in health care workers, Australia 2020
Anna C Rafferty, Moira C Hewitt, Rose Wright, Freya Hogarth, Nick Coatsworth, Frances Ampt, Sally Dougall, Charles Alpren, Louise Causer, Cushla Coffey, Angela Wakefield, Suzy Campbell, Nevada Pingault, Michelle Harlock, Kylie J Smith, Martyn D Kirk || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.57 || Published online: 28/10/2021Full Text: (Word 354.23 KB) (PDF 3.17 MB)
The ATHENA COVID-19 Study: Cohort profile and first findings for people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Queensland, 1 January to 31 December 2020
Jennifer Welsh, Rosemary J Korda, Ellie Paige, Mark A Morgan, Hsei-Di Law, Tony Stanton, Zoltan MJ Bourne, M Ximena Tolosa, Kim Greaves, for the ATHENA (Australians Together Health Initiative) COVID-19 Project Team || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.51 || Published online: 30/9/2021Full Text: (Word 119.67 KB) (PDF 3.2 MB)
Re-emergence of dengue virus in regional Queensland: 2019 dengue virus outbreak in Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia
Jacina Walker, Alyssa Pyke, Paul Florian, Fred Moore, Nicolas Smoll, Odewumi Adegbija, Arifuzzaman Khan, Rashidul Hasan, Heidi Carroll, Rachael Rodney Harris, Gulam Khandaker || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.31 || Published online: 15/6/2021Full Text: (Word 1.54 MB) (PDF 5.3 MB)
Repatriation operation in South Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: initial planning and preparedness
Sonali Meena, Joel Chan, Tuong-Vi Phan, Samantha Butenko, Jenny Hurley, Paul McGowen, Emily Kirkpatrick, Lisa Upton, Razlyn Abdul Rahim, Matthew McConnell, Robert Hall || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.29 || Published online: 27/5/2021Full Text: (Word 319.94 KB) (PDF 3.48 MB)
Influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities in New South Wales in 2017: impact and lessons for surveillance
Tony Merritt, Craig Dalton, Sheena Kakar, Mark Ferson, Priscilla Stanley, Robin Gilmour || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.22 || Published online: 30/4/2021Full Text: (Word 172.25 KB) (PDF 2.99 MB)
Seasonality in testing and positive respiratory bacterial infections in the Australian Capital Territory, 1997–2007
Xinyi Liu, Aparna Lal, Alice Richardson || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.16 || Published online: 31/3/2021Full Text: (Word 1.17 MB) (PDF 3.27 MB)
Is gentamicin a viable therapeutic option for treating resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New South Wales?
Benjamin H Armstrong, Athena Limnios, David A Lewis, Tiffany Hogan, Ratan Kundu, Sanghamitra Ray, Masoud Shoushtari, Jasmin El Nasser, Tim Driscoll, Monica M Lahra || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.12 || Published online: 26/2/2021Full Text: (Word 522.71 KB) (PDF 3.24 MB)
Pandemics in New South Wales prisons: the more things change...
Stephen Hampton, Kathryn M Weston, Louella R McCarthy, Tobias Mackinnon || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.7 || Published online: 29/1/2021Full Text: (Word 77.1 KB) (PDF 2.85 MB)
Short reports
SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test results across symptomatic COVID-19 cases in Auckland, New Zealand, February–June 2020
Kevin Howe, Michael Hale, Gary Edwin Reynolds || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.32 || Published online: 15/6/2021Full Text: (Word 243.43 KB) (PDF 2.95 MB)
Decreased incidence of enterovirus and norovirus infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria, Australia, 2020
Leesa D Bruggink, Arnau Garcia-Clapes, Thomas Tran, Julian D Druce, Bruce R Thorley || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.5 || Published online: 29/1/2021Full Text: (Word 807.7 KB) (PDF 2.91 MB)
Quarterly reports
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme 1 April to 30 June 2021
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.68 || Published online: 21/12/2021Full Text: (Word 72.6 KB) (PDF 2.86 MB)
Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2021
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany Hogan, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.63 || Published online: 30/11/2021Full Text: (Word 71.6 KB) (PDF 2.84 MB)
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2021
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.47 || Published online: 30/8/2021Full Text: (Word 71.99 KB) (PDF 2.86 MB)
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme 1 October to 31 December 2020
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.44 || Published online: 30/8/2021Full Text: (Word 73.29 KB) (PDF 2.86 MB)
Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2021
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.45 || Published online: 30/8/2021Full Text: (Word 69.65 KB) (PDF 2.82 MB)
Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2020
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.36 || Published online: 22/7/2021Full Text: (Word 70.76 KB) (PDF 2.84 MB)
Annual reports
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2020
Susie Roczo-Farkas, Sarah Thomas, Celeste M Donato, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, Julie E Bines and the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.64 || Published online: 30/11/2021Full Text: (Word 1.65 MB) (PDF 6.6 MB)
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2020 (Updated: 15 September 2021)
Monica M Lahra, Tiffany R Hogan, Masoud Shoushtari, Benjamin H Armstrong, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.58 || Published online: 28/10/2021Full Text: (Word 216.6 KB) (PDF 3.15 MB)
Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2020
Suzy M Teutsch, Carlos A Nunez, Anne Morris, Guy D Eslick, Gulam Khandaker, Angela Berkhout, Daniel Novakovic, Julia ML Brotherton, Skye McGregor, Jonathan King, Ece Egilmezer, Robert Booy, Cheryl A Jones, William Rawlinson, Bruce R Thorley and Elizabeth J Elliott || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.59 || Published online: 28/10/2021Full Text: (Word 1.42 MB) (PDF 4.63 MB)
Australian National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory annual report, 2020
Matthew B Kaye, Arnau Garcia-Clapes, Linda K Hobday, Aishah Ibrahim, Presa Chanthalavanh, Leesa Bruggink, Bruce R Thorley || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.56 || Published online: 28/10/2021Full Text: (Word 417.14 KB) (PDF 3.09 MB)
Monitoring the incidence and causes of disease potentially transmitted by food in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network, 2016
The OzFoodNet Working Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.52 || Published online: 30/9/2021Full Text: (Word 3.64 MB) (PDF 4.17 MB)
Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) 2019: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions
Nicole Dinsmore, Jocelynne E McRae, Helen E Quinn, Catherine Glover, Sonia Dougherty, Alissa McMinn, Nigel Crawford, Helen Marshall, Samantha J Carlson, Christopher Blyth, Ryan Lucas, Adam Irwin, Kristine Macartney, Philip N Britton, and Nicholas Wood on behalf of the PAEDS network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.53 || Published online: 30/9/2021Full Text: (Word 669.36 KB) (PDF 4.15 MB)
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2020
Monica M Lahra, CR Robert George, Masoud Shoushtari and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.46 || Published online: 30/8/2021Full Text: (Word 1.29 MB) (PDF 3.36 MB)
Report on influenza viruses received and tested by the Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in 2019
Heidi Peck, Jean Moselen, Sook Kwan Brown, Megan Triantafilou, Hilda Lau, Miguel Grau, Ian G Barr, Vivian KY Leung || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.43 || Published online: 16/8/2021Full Text: (Word 1.61 MB) (PDF 3.51 MB)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2020
Christiane Stehmann, Matteo Senesi, Shannon Sarros, Amelia McGlade, Victoria Lewis, Marion Simpson, Genevieve Klug, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.38 || Published online: 22/7/2021Full Text: (Word 828.35 KB) (PDF 3.46 MB) Erratum: please see below ↓
Monitoring the incidence and causes of diseases potentially transmitted by food in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network, 2013–2015
The OzFoodNet Working Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.21 || Published online: 15/6/2021Full Text: (Word 1.17 MB) (PDF 4.63 MB)
Australia’s notifiable disease status, 2016: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
NNDSS Annual Report Working Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.28 || Published online: 27/05/2021Full Text: (Word 16.03 MB) (PDF 10.27 MB)
Surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia annual report, 2019
Aditi Dey, Han Wang, Helen Quinn, Alexis Pillsbury, Catherine Glover, Megan Hickie, Nicholas Wood, Frank Beard, Kristine Macartney || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.23 || Published online: 30/4/2021Full Text: (Word 1.4 MB) (PDF 3.27 MB)
Immunisation Coverage Annual Report 2018
Brynley Hull, Alexandra Hendry, Aditi Dey, Peter McIntyre, Kristine Macartney, Frank Beard || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.17 || Published online: 31/3/2021Full Text: (Word 3.49 MB) (PDF 13.29 MB)
Immunisation Coverage Annual Report 2019
Brynley Hull, Alexandra Hendry, Aditi Dey, Kristine Macartney, Frank Beard || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.18 || Published online: 31/3/2021Full Text: (Word 3.43 MB) (PDF 13.37 MB)
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2018
Susie Roczo-Farkas, Julie E Bines, and the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.6 || Published online: 29/1/2021Full Text: (Word 480.53 KB) (PDF 3.08 MB)
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2019
Sarah Thomas, Celeste M Donato, Susie Roczo-Farkas, Jenny Hua, Julie E Bines and the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.4 || Published online: 29/1/2021Full Text: (Word 409.75 KB) (PDF 3.25 MB)
Surveillance summary
Notifiable diseases after implementation of COVID-19 public health prevention measures in Central Queensland, Australia
Odewumi Adegbija, Jacina Walker, Nicolas Smoll, Arifuzzaman Khan, Julieanne Graham, Gulam Khandaker || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.11 || Published online: 26/2/2021Full Text: (Word 78.66 KB) (PDF 2.85 MB)
Erratum
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2020 - Erratum to Commun Dis Intell (2018) 2021;45 (https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.38)
Christiane Stehmann, Matteo Senesi, Shannon Sarros, Amelia McGlade, Victoria Lewis, Marion Simpson, Genevieve Klug, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.40 || Published online: 9/8/2021Full Text: (Word 74.93 KB) (PDF 2.78 MB)
CDI 2021 - Volume 45 Reviewers
The CDI staff wish to thank the following reviewers for their valued assistance throughout the year:
Frank Beard, Catherine Bennett, Stephen Chambers, Dan Chateau, Karen Chee, Stephen Conaty, Crag Dalton, Margie Danchin, Lucy Deng, Shefi D'Silva, Sebastian Duchene, Kathy Eager, Christopher Fairley, Mark Ferson, Robert George, Heather Gidding, Anna Glynn-Robinson, Caroline M Hall, Aurysia Hii, Clare Huppatz, Danielle Ingle, John Kaldor, Stacey Kane, Saman Khalatbari Soltani, Gulam Khandaker, Monica Lahra, Stephen Lambert, Karin Leder, Bette Liu, Sheila Lukehart, James McCaw, Sarah McGuinness, Lisa McHugh, Mark McMillan, Thaïs Miles, Angela Mina Vargas, Aye Moa, David Muscatello, Josephine Ng-Hublin, Ronan O'Toole, Anna Padovan, Emma Paige, Ben Polkinghorne, Scott Ritchie, Stacey Rowe, Linda Selvey, Tim Sloan-Gardner, Nicolas Smoll, Sacha Stelzer-Braid, Michael Traeger, Jane Tuckerman, John Turnidge, Kaitlyn Vette, Polly Wallace, Harriet Whiley, Cameron Wright and Yanshan Zhu.
Editorial team
The editorial team consists of the editor, deputy editor, and a designer. The editorial team is supported by an Editorial Advisory Board (EAB). Details of the EAB's then-current composition can be found within any article published in CDI during this year. The EAB's present-day composition, and a description of the role of the EAB, is detailed on CDI's front page.
Editor:Jennie Hood and Tanja Farmer
Deputy Editor: Simon Petrie
Design and Production: Kasra Yousefi
Correspondence
Correspondence should be sent to: cdi.editor@health.gov.au
ISSN
ISSN: 2209-6051 (Online)
Disclaimer
Opinions expressed in Communicable Diseases Intelligence are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Australian Government Department of Health or the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. Data may be subject to revision.