2006 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 30

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CDI subject index, 2006

A | B | C | D-E-F | G | H | I | J-K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T-U | V | W-X-Y-Z


A

ACIR
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Acute flaccid paralysis
See: Poliomyelitis
See also: Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
Adverse events following immunisation
annual report, 2005; 319-333
supplementary report
Surveillance of adverse events following immunisation among children aged <7 years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2006; 438-442
AIDS
See: HIV and AIDS
Annual report
See: Individual surveillance programs
Anthrax
overseas brief; 271
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Antibiotic
resistance
meningococcal; 211-221
susceptibility
ceftriaxone; 180, 207, 401, 490
cephalosporin; 431
penicillin; 130, 180, 207, 218, 400, 431, 489
quinolone; 130, 180, 208, 401, 430, 490
spectinomycin; 130, 180, 207, 401, 431, 490
tetracycline; 131, 181, 208, 401, 431, 490
Antimicrobial resistance
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Australia; 462-466
Arbovirus infection
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
annual report, 2005-06; 411-429
See also: Barmah Forest virus infection; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; malaria; Murray Valley encephalitis virus
ASPREN
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Augmentation of influenza surveillance with rapid antigen detection at the point-of-care: results of a pilot study in Tasmania, 2004; 201-204
Australia's notifiable diseases status annual report, 2004; 1-79
Australian bat lyssavirus
See: Rabies
Australian Capital Territory
Campylobacter outbreak due to chicken consumption at a restaurant; 373-377
Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
See: Gonococcal infection
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
See: Meningococcal infection
Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network
See: Tuberculosis
Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
See also: Poliomyelitis
annual report, 2005; 334-340
Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 157-158
update, 2005; 341-344
Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
See: Rotavirus
Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
quarterly surveillance report; 75, 160, 177, 190, 194, 200, 263, 397, 486
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 158
Avian influenza
See: Influenza: avian

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B

Barmah Forest virus infection
surveillance report; 54-55, 167-168, 253, 387, 473-474
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
BCG
See: Tuberculosis
Bird flu
See: Influenza: avian
Bloodborne diseases; 22
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables; hepatitis B; hepatitis C; hepatitis D; HIV and AIDS
Botulism
overseas brief; 408-409
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Brucellosis
surveillance report; 63, 167, 475
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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C

Campylobacter
See: Campylobacteriosis
Campylobacteriosis
Outbreak due to chicken consumption at an Australian Capital Territory restaurant; 373-377
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Chickenpox
See: Varicella
Chikungunya
overseas brief; 186, 273, 410
Childhood immunisation coverage
quarterly surveillance report; 77, 178-179, 266-267, 332, 398-399, 487-489
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 157
Chlamydia
See: Chlamydial infection
Chlamydial infection
surveillance report; 252, 386, 472
Two years of enhanced surveillance of sexually-transmitted chlamydia in South East Queensland; 456-461
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Cholera
Hypovolemic shock and metabolic acidosis in a refugee secondary to O1 serotype Vibrio cholerae enteritis; 233-235
overseas brief; 407, 496
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Circulation and antigenic drift in human influenza B viruses in SE Asia and Oceania since 2000; 350-357
Communicable diseases guidelines
Pre-departure communicable diseases health screening protocol for refugees; 248
Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Editorial: Re-emerging poliomyelitis - is Australia’s surveillance adequate?; 275-277
erratum; 155
instructions for authors; 161-163
letters to the Editor
The limitation of fever in case definitions for avian influenza and SARS; 250
notice to readers
Communicable Disease Conference 2007; 461
surveillance systems reported in, 2006; 156-160
Communicable Diseases Network Australia
annual report, 2005; 301-318
publications
HIV/AIDS, STI and hepatitis C health promotion programs; 248
Pre-departure communicable diseases health screening protocol for refugees; 248
quarterly report; 154-155, 248-249
Communicable diseases surveillance
reports; 164-184, 251-269, 385-405, 471-494
tables; 168-172, 254-262, 388-396, 477-485
See also: Individual diseases
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Australia; 462-466
Comparison of data sources for the surveillance of seasonal and pandemic influenza in Victoria; 345-349
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Australian surveillance update to December 2005; 144-147
variant
overseas brief; 144, 147, 187-188, 318
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
See: Viral haemorrhagic fever
Cryptosporidiosis
surveillance report; 27, 151, 251-252, 385-386, 471
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Cryptosporidium parvum
See: Cryptosporidiosis

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D

Dengue
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Diphtheria
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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E

Encephalitis
See: Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Enteroviruses
See: Poliomyelitis
Escherichia coli
See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli
See also: Haemolytic uraemic syndrome

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F

Flavivirus
See: Dengue; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus; Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Foodborne disease
See: OzFoodNet;
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables;
See also: Salmonellosis

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G

Gastroenteritis
See: Gastrointestinal diseases
Gastrointestinal diseases
surveillance report; 165, 251, 385, 471-472
See also: Botulism; campylobacteriosis; cryptosporidiosis; haemolytic uraemic syndrome; hepatitis A; hepatitis E; listeriosis; salmonellosis; shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli; typhoid
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Gonococcal infection
Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2005; 205-210
quarterly surveillance report; 179-181, 400-401, 489-490
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 157
surveillance report; 39, 165-166, 386
WHO Western Pacific Region
annual report, 2004; 129-132
annual report, 2005; 430-433
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Gonorrhoea
See: Gonococcal infection

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H

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
OzFoodNet annual report, 2005; 287
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Haemophilus influenzae type b
surveillance report; 472
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Haemorrhagic fever
See: Viral haemorrhagic fever
Hajj
overseas brief
large outbreak of poliomyelitis; 271-272
Hand, foot and mouth disease
overseas brief; 272
Hepatitis A
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis B; 22
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis C
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis D
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Hepatitis E
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
HIV and AIDS
A profile of HIV testing in Victoria, 1984 to 2004; 366-372
HIV/AIDS, STI and hepatitis C health promotion programs; 248
quarterly surveillance reports; 159, 181-182, 264-265, 403, 491-492
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 159
Human pituary hormone
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Hypovolemic shock and metabolic acidosis in a refugee secondary to O1 serotype Vibrio cholerae enteritis; 233-235

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I

Immunisation
adverse events following immunisation
annual report, 2005; 319-333
supplementary report 1 January to 30 June 2006; 438-442
childhood immunisation coverage
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Influenza
ASPREN data
See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
Augmentation of influenza surveillance with rapid antigen detection at the point-of-care: results of a pilot study in Tasmania, 2004; 201-204
avian
overseas brief; 185, 186-187, 270, 406-407, 495-496
The limitation of fever in case definitions for avian influenza and SARS; 250
Circulation and antigenic drift in human influenza B viruses in SE Asia and Oceania since 2000; 350-357
laboratory-confirmed
surveillance reports; 47, 166
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
LabVISE data
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
annual report, 2005; 189-200
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 160
surveillance in Victoria, 2005; 137-143
Invasive meningococcal infections
See: Meningococcal infection
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Invasive pneumococcal disease
See: Pneumococcal disease
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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J

Japanese encephalitis virus
overseas brief; 188
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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K

Kunjin virus infection
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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L

Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 159
tables; 174-176, 260-262, 394-396, 483-485
LabVISE
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
Lassa fever
overseas brief; 497
Legionellosis
surveillance report; 68, 253, 475
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Leprosy
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Leptospirosis
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Listeriosis
OzFoodNet annual report, 2005; 284
surveillance report; 30, 252
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Lyssavirus
See: Rabies

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M

Malaria
National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
annual report, 2005-06; 411-429
surveillance report; 61-62, 167, 474
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Marburg haemorrhagic fever
overseas brief; 188
Measles
Nosocomial and community transmission of measles virus genotype D8 imported by a returning traveller from Nepal; 358-365
overseas brief; 409
surveillance report; 48, 252, 386
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Meningococcal infection
Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
annual report, 2005; 211-221
quarterly surveillance report; 220, 263-264, 402, 490-491
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 157
surveillance report; 253, 387, 475
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Metabolic acidosis
Hypovolemic shock and metabolic acidosis in a refugee secondary to O1 serotype Vibrio cholerae enteritis; 233-235
Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Java infections acquired from tropical fish aquariums, Australia, 2003-04; 222-227
Mumps
overseas brief; 272, 409
surveillance report; 49, 166, 252, 386, 472
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Mycobacterium
See: Tuberculosis

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N

National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
See also: Arbovirus infection
annual report, 2005-06; 411-429
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
See: HIV and AIDS
National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
quarterly surveillance report; 32, 77, 155, 159, 182-184, 267, 268, 404-405, 493-494
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 159-160
National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
See: Influenza
National Mycobacterial Surveillance Scheme
See: Tuberculosis
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
annual report, 2004; 1-79
tables; 13-14, 162, 168-173, 178, 181, 183, 254-259, 324, 340, 354, 388-393, 477-482
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance
National Rotavirus Surveillance Program
annual report, 2004-05; 133-136
annual report, 2005-06; 434-438
National Vaccine Safety Workshop: summary and draft recommendations; 378-380
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
See: Gonococcal infection
Neisseria meningitdis
See: Meningococcal infection
Norwalk virus
See: Norovirus
Nosocomial and community transmission of measles virus genotype D8 imported by a returning traveller from Nepal; 358-365
Notifiable diseases
See: Communicable diseases surveillance;
See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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O

Office of Health Protection; 249
Ornithosis
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Outbreaks
Campylobacter outbreak due to chicken consumption at an Australian Capital Territory restaurant; 373-377
Multi-jurisdiction outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 associated with purchasing chicken meat from a supermarket chain; 449-455
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 64 gastroenteritis linked to catered luncheons in Adelaide, South Australia, June 2005; 443-448
Overseas briefs; 185-188, 270-278, 406-410, 495-498
OzFoodNet
annual report, 2005; 278-300
quarterly surveillance report; 148-154, 228-232, 381-384, 467-470
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 160

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P

Pandemic influenza; 155, 200, 249
A comparison of data sources for the surveillance of seasonal and pandemic influenza in Victoria; 345-349
Pertussis
surveillance report; 50, 166, 252-253, 387, 472-473
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Plague
overseas brief; 407, 497
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Plasmodium spp.
See: Malaria
Pneumococcal disease
notifiable diseases annual report, 2004; 80-92
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Pneumonic plague
See: Plague
Poliomyelitis
Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
annual report, 2005; 334-340
overseas brief; 52, 188, 271, 275, 277, 340, 497-498
Re-emerging poliomyelitis - is Australia’s surveillance adequate?; 275-277
Prevalence and control of trachoma in Australia, 1997-2004; 236-246
Profile of HIV testing in Victoria, 1984 to 2004; 366-372

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Q

Q fever
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Quarantinable diseases
See also: Cholera; plague; rabies; smallpox; tularemia; viral haemorrhagic fever; yellow fever
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Queensland
Two years of enhanced surveillance of sexually-transmitted chlamydia in South East Queensland; 456-461

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R

Rabies
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Re-emerging poliomyelitis - is Australia’s surveillance adequate?; 275-277
Ross River virus infection
surveillance report; 56, 167, 253, 473-474
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Rotavirus
National Rotavirus Surveillance Program annual report, 2005-06; 434-438
Rubella
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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S

Salmonella
See: Salmonellosis
Salmonellosis
outbreaks
Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Java infections acquired from tropical fish aquariums, Australia, 2003-04; 222-227
Multi-jurisdiction outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 associated with purchasing chicken meat from a supermarket chain; 449-455
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated
erratum; 155
Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 64 gastroenteritis linked to catered luncheons in Adelaide, South Australia, June 2005; 443-448
See also: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System;
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
SARS
See: Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
surveillance data in CDI explanation; 160
Serology
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
Kunjin virus
See: Kunjin virus infection
Murray Valley encephalitis virus
See: Murray Valley encephalitis virus
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
The limitation of fever in case definitions for avian influenza and SARS; 250
Sexually transmissible infections
surveillance report; 35, 165-166, 252, 386, 472
See also: Chlamydial infection; gonococcal infection; syphilis
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli
OzFoodNet annual report, 2005; 286
surveillance report; 165, 472
Shigellosis
OzFoodNet annual report, 2005; 284-285
surveillance report; 165
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
SLTEC
See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli
Smallpox
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
South East Asia
Circulation and antigenic drift in human influenza B viruses in SE Asia and Oceania since 2000; 350-357
Staphylococcus aureus
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Australia; 462-466
Surveillance
See: Communicable diseases surveillance
Surveillance reports
See: Communicable diseases surveillance
Surveillance systems; 156, 178, 249
A comparison of data sources for the surveillance of seasonal and pandemic influenza in Victoria; 345-349
Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2006; 156-160
Syphilis
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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T

Tetanus
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
The limitation of fever in case definitions for avian influenza and SARS; 250
Trachoma
Prevalence and control in Australia, 1997-2004; 236-246
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Tuberculosis
annual report, 2004; 93-101
Bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance: annual report, 2004; 102-108
BCG vaccine: information and recommendations for use in Australia; 109-115
Guidelines for Australian Mycobacteriology Laboratories; 116-128, 154-155
overseas brief; 498
surveillance report; 475-476
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Tularemia
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Two years of enhanced surveillance of sexually-transmitted chlamydia in South East Queensland; 456-461
Typhoid
OzFoodNet annual report, 2005; 285
surveillance report; 34, 285, 296, 325, 386
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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V

Vaccination
See: Childhood immunisation coverage
Vaccine preventable diseases
surveillance report; 46, 166, 168, 252, 333, 386, 472-473
See also: Diphtheria; Haemophilus influenzae type b; influenza; measles; mumps; pertussis; pneumococcal disease; poliomyelitis; rubella; tetanus
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Varicella
surveillance report; 473
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Vectorborne diseases
surveillance report; 53, 167, 253, 387, 473-474
See also: Barmah Forest virus infection; dengue; flavivirus; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; malaria; Murray Valley encephalitis virus; Ross River virus infection
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Victoria
A comparison of data sources for the surveillance of seasonal and pandemic influenza in Victoria; 345-349
A profile of HIV testing in Victoria, 1984 to 2004; 366-372
Viral haemorrhagic fever
overseas brief
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever; 410, 497
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
VTEC
See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli

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W

West Nile fever
overseas brief; 186
Whooping cough
See: Pertussis
World Health Organization
gonococcal in the Western Pacific Region
annual report, 2004; 129
annual report, 2005; 430-433

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Y

Yellow fever
See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Z

Zoonoses
surveillance report; 475
See also: Anthrax; Australian bat lyssavirus; brucellosis; leptospirosis; ornithosis; Q fever
See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables



This index was published in <em>Communicable Diseases Intelligence</em> Volume 30, No 4, December 2006.

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