Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 37 No 2 - June 2013

This issue contains annual reports on Australia's National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Trachoma and, immunisation, plus articles on chikungunya virus, an outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning; polio surveillance; and adolescent school-based vaccination in Australia, as well as the regular quarterly data reports.

Page last updated: 14 October 2013

Contents

This issue is available as a full Full text PDF (3 MB) or by individual articles below.

Annual reports

Annual report of the Australian National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory, 2012
Jason Roberts, Linda Hobday, Aishah Ibrahim, Thomas Aitken and Bruce Thorley
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Annual report of the Australian National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory 2010-2011
Jason Roberts, Linda Hobday, Aishah Ibrahim, Thomas Aitken and Bruce Thorley
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Surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in Australia: update to December 2012
Genevieve M Klug, Alison Boyd, Teresa Zhao, Christiane Stehmann, Marion Simpson, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters & Steven J Collins
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Australian trachoma surveillance annual report, 2011
Carleigh S Cowling, Bette C Liu, James S Ward, Tom L Snelling, John M Kaldor, David P Wilson
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Supplementary report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation among children aged less than seven years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2012
Deepika Mahajan, Jane Cook, Aditi Dey, Kristine Macartney, Rob Menzies
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Original articles

Assessing the threat of chikungunya virus emergence in Australia
Elvina Viennet, Katrina Knope, Helen Faddy, Craig Williams, David Harley
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An outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning in a commercially catered buffet
Alexis Pillsbury, May Chiew, John Bates, Vicky Sheppeard

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Review of Australia’s polio surveillance
Beverley J Paterson, David N Durrheim, National Certification Committee for Poliomyelitis Eradictaion
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Adolescent school-based vaccination in Australia
Kirsten Ward, Helen Quinn, Michael Bachelor, Vicki Bryant, Sue Campbell-Lloyd, Angela Newbound, Megan Skully, Rosalind Webby, Peter B McIntyre
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A history of adolescent school-based vaccination in Australia
Kirsten Ward, Helen Quinn, Robert Menzies, Peter McIntyre
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Quarterly reports

Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group – Quarterly Surveillance Report
Christina Bareja and the Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group
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Meningococcal surveillance Australia reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2013
Monica M Lahra, Rodney Enriquez for the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
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National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables
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Policy items

National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee 2012 Committee Report
Emily Gearside and the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee
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Administration

Revised surveillance case definitions: Chlamydia; diphtheria; hepatitis E; pertussis
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Errata: Annual report of National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee 2010-11; Annual immunisation coverage report, 2010
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Editor: Margaret Curran
Deputy Editor: Katrina Knope
Editorial and Production Staff: David Opie, Leroy Trapani

ISSN 1445-4866 Online


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Opinions expressed in Communicable Diseases Intelligence are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing or the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. Data may be subject to revision.

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