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These publications were produced by the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care, now the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

This journal is indexed by Index Medicus and Medline.

To search for an article by subject please refer to the CDI subject index 2001(PDF version 65kb) (HTML version)

To search for an article by author please refer to the CDI author index 2001(PDF version 30kb) (HTML version)

Complete issue - April 2001 (PDF file 785KB)

• Murray Valley encephalitis virus surveillance and control initiatives in Australia: a report on behalf of the National Arbovirus Advisory Committee of the Communicable Diseases Network Australia
  (Jenean Spencer, Joe Azoulas, Annette Broom, Tim Buick, Peter Daniels, Stephen Doggett, et al)
  Abstract/Background
  Article body
  - Also available as a (PDF file 152KB)

• Murray Valley encephalitis in Mt Isa, north Queensland
  (Susan Hills, on behalf of the Tropical Public Health Unit Network, Queensland Health)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 29KB)

• Central Australian Murray Valley encephalitis update, 2001
  (Alex Brown, Vicki Krause)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 38KB)

• Australian encephalitis: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
  - Also available as a (PDF file 44KB)

• Report of the Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory, 1 July to 31 December 2000
  (Vicki Stambos, Kerri Anne Brussen, Ann Turnbull, Bruce Thorley, Margery Kennett)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 68KB)

• Annual report of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 2000
  (The Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 111KB)

• Investigation and control of a cluster of Legionnaires' disease in western Sydney
  (Julianne Brown, Krishna Hort, Ron Bouwman, Anthony Capon, Narinder Bansal, Ian Goldthorpe, et al)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 65KB)

• Prevalence of tattooing and body piercing in the Australian community
  (Toni Makki, Ian McAllister)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 94KB)

• An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 29 linked to a noodle restaurant in South Australia
  (Ingrid Tribe, Helen Tsimogiannis, Princess Mmolawa, Dianne Davos)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 28KB)

• An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 126 linked to a cake shop in South Australia
  (Adrianna Milazzo, Nick Rose)
  - Also available as a (PDF file 27KB)

• Communicable Diseases Surveillance
  • Presentation of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data
    - Also available as a (PDF file 26KB)
  • Highlights (bloodborne diseases, gastrointestinal illness, quarantinable diseases, sexually transmitted infections, vaccine preventable diseases, vectorborne diseases, zoonoses, other diseases, LabVISE)
    - Also available as a (PDF file 176KB)
    
  • Tables (Historical figure, NNDSS, LabVISE, ASPREN) (PDF file 65KB)
    
    The tables are available as a full PDF file above or as individual HTML files below.
    NNDSS notifications
    NNDSS reporting jurisdictions and notification rates
    LabVISE
    ASPREN
    
  • Additional reports (Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, rotavirus surveillance, HIV/AIDS Surveillance, Childhood vaccination coverage)
    - Also available as a (PDF file 89KB)

• Overseas briefs
  - Also available as a (PDF file 61KB)

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Editor: Angela Merianos
Editorial and Production Staff: Alison Milton, Paul Roche, Jenean Spencer