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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the following people for their contribution to this report.
Alison Milton, Office of Health Protection
Leah Newman, Office of Health Protection
Robert Menzies, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Helen Quinn, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Aditi Dey, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Deepika Mahajan, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Rebecca Hundy, ACT Health
Bruce Imhoff, NSW Department of Health
Mark Bartlett, NSW Department of Health
Paula Spokes, NSW Department of Health
Peter Markey, Northern Territory
Frances Birrell, Queensland Health
Hai Phung, Queensland Health
Craig Davis, Queensland Health
Joy Copland, South Australia Health
David Coleman, Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services
Nasra Higgins, Department of Health Victoria
Gary Dowse, Western Australia Department of Health
Author details
Coordinating author: Timothy Sloan-Gardner
Data management and mapping: Stefan Stirzaker, Dougald Knuckey
Bloodborne diseases: Kate Pennington
Gastrointestinal diseases: Katrina Knope
Quarantinable diseases: Gerard Fitzsimmons
Sexually transmissible infections: Kate Pennington
Vaccine preventable diseases: Nicolee Martin, Samantha Siripol, Kristy Richards, Judith Witheridge
Vectorborne diseases: Phil Wright, Gerard Fitzsimmons
Zoonoses: Gerard Fitzsimmons,
Other bacterial infections: Christina Barry, Jolene Ormond, Samantha Siripol and Christina Barry
With contributions from:
National organisations
Communicable Diseases Network Australia and subcommittees
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance Scheme
OzFoodNet Working Group
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza
State and territory health departments
Communicable Diseases Control, ACT Health, Australian Capital Territory
Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control Unit, NSW Department of Health, New South Wales
Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory
Communicable Diseases Branch, Queensland Health, Queensland
Communicable Disease Control, South Australian Department of Health, South Australia
Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania
Communicable Diseases Section, Department of Human Services, Victoria
Communicable Diseases Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia
Corresponding author: Mr Timothy Sloan-Gardner, Zoonoses, Food and EID Section, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, GPO Box 4898, MDP 14, CANBERRA, ACT 2601. Telephone: +61 2 6289 2377. Facsimile: +61 2 6289 2600. Email: Timothy.Sloan-Gardner@health.gov.au
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