1997 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 21

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Subject index, 1997


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A

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
       See HIV and AIDS

Adverse Events Following Vaccination Surveillance Scheme
       Surveillance data in CDI; 8
       Surveillance reports; 84, 184, 312, 364

AGSP
       See Gonococcal surveillance

AIDS
       See HIV and AIDS

Anthrax, human case, Victoria; 47

Antibiotic resistance
       Mycobacterium tuberculosis; 245
       Streptococcus pneumoniae, Queensland;133
       Gonnococci; 112, 343, 349

Anthrax
       Overseas updates, Ghana; 172
       Victoria; 47

ASPREN
       See Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

Australian bat lyssavirus
       Encephalitis and meningitis, fatal, Gold Coast Hospital, 1980 to 1996; 32
       Fruit bat infections and human contacts, north Queensland; 117

Australian Encephalitis
       Outbreak, Western Australia; 177
       See also Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
       See Gonococcal surveillance

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
       Surveillance data in CDI; 6
       Surveillance reports; 12, 24, 37, 53, 66, 97, 111, 126, 141, 155, 169, 183, 199, 212, 227, 240, 254, 274, 312, 328, 342, 363

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B

Barmah Forest virus infection
       Australia; 107

Bat, lyssavirus
       See Australian bat lyssavirus

Bordetella pertussis
       See Pertussis

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C

Campylobacter
       Outbreak at training facility, South Australia; 57

Campylobacteriosis; 150

CDI
       Instructions to authors; 9
       MEDLINE listing; 106
       Reviewers, 1997; 358
       Surveillance data in; 5

Chickens, sentinel
       See Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Child care, infection control; 333

Cholera
       Overseas updates; 16, 28, 40, 132, 144, 188, 280, 332, 348, 368

Corynebacterium diphtheriae
       See Diphtheria

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D

Dengue
       Australia; 63
       Overseas updates; 28, 40, 72, 188, 244
       Torres Strait outbreak; 33, 63

Diphtheria
       Changing epidemiology and clinical manifestations; 161
       Editorial - the Australian perspective; 164
       NHMRC recommendations on vaccination; 165

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E

Ebola haemorrhagic fever
       Overseas updates; 16, 28, 88

Emerging infectious diseases; 89

Encephalitis,
       Fatal, Gold Coast Hospital, 1980 to 1996; 32
       Nepal; 280, 332

Escherichia coli O157
       Outbreak, England; 232 Outbreak, Scotland; 16

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F

Foodborne illness
       Outbreak, New South Wales; 308, 354
       Salmonella outbreaks, Victoria, 1997; 120

G

Gastroenteritis
       Norwalk virus in oysters; 317
       Pipi associated; 354

Gonococcal surveillance
       Annual report, Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme; 189
       Infection; 178
       Surveillance data in CDI; 8
       Surveillance reports; 112, 343
       WHO Western Pacific Region; 349

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H

Haemophilus influenzae type b
       Disease in Australia, decline of; 94,173

Hantavirus
       Overseas updates; 332

Hepatitis A
       Notifications, Australia; 50
       Outbreaks
             Oyster-associated, New South Wales; 46
             Restaurant, New South Wales; 176
             Shoalhaven region, New South Wales; 1
             Spa pool associated; 353

Hib
       See Haemophilus influenzae type b

HIV and AIDS
       Surveillance data in CDI; 5
       Surveillance reports; 23, 53, 83, 96, 154, 182, 199, 226, 273, 327, 341, 362

HIV
       See HIV and AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus
       See HIV and AIDS

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I

Immunisation
       Adverse events following vaccination
             See Adverse Events Following Vaccination Surveillance Scheme
       Australian immunisation guidelines, 1997; 78
       Australian Standard Schedule; 79
       Measles, NHMRC recommendations, 149
       Pneumococcal infection, NHMRC recommendations; 77

Infection control, child care; 333

Infectious diseases, emerging; 89

Influenza
       Hong Kong, new strain; 260
       National surveillance,
             Annual report, 1996; 101
             Surveillance data in CDI; 8
             Surveillance reports; 126, 140, 153, 169, 181, 197, 211, 225, 240, 253, 271, 310
       NHMRC recommendations on immunisation; 105
       Outbreak on an oil rig, Northern Territory; 106
       Overseas updates; 16, 368
       Vaccine formula for northern winter, 1997-1998; 72
       Vaccine formula for Australian winter; 1998; 332

Internet
       Communicable diseases; 309
       National notifiable diseases data; 149

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J - K

Kunjin virus activity, Western Australia;
       See Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

L

LabVISE
       See Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme

Lassa fever
       Overseas updates; 100, 144, 160, 348

Legionnaires' disease
       See Legionellosis

Legionellosis
       Australia; 137

Leptospirosis
       India; 348
       Queensland notifications, 1985 to 1996; 17
       Surveillance; 316

Lyssavirus
       See Australian bat lyssavirus

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M

Malaria
       Infection, 208

Measles
       Australia; 107, 338
       Brazil, resurgence; 216
       NHMRC recommendations on vaccination; 149
       New Zealand; 149, 232
       Overseas updates; 28, 40

MEDLINE
       CDI on; 106

Meningitis
       Gold Coast Hospital, fatal, 1980 to 1996; 32
       Haemophilus influenzae type b; 173
       Outbreak, New South Wales; 136, 322
       Overseas updates; 40, 56, 88, 100, 116, 216, 280
       See also Meningococcal infection

Meningococcal infection
       Australia; 123
       Australian meningococcal
             Epidemiology, Australia, 233
             Surveillance Programme, annual report; 217

Meningococcal isolate surveillance, Australia;
       Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, annual report; 217

Monkeypox
       Overseas updates; 100, 244, 348, 368

Multiple drug resistance
       See Antibiotic resistance

Murray Valley encephalitis virus activity, Western Australia
       See Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Myocarditis
       Outbreak, Malaysia; 188, 204

Mycobacterial tuberculosis
       See Tuberculosis

Mycoplasma pneumoniae; 237

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N

National Communicable Diseases Surveillance Strategy; 20

National Health and Medical Research Council
       Recommendations on diphtheria vaccination; 165
       Recommendations on influenza vaccination; 105
       Recommendations on measles vaccination; 149

National Influenza Surveillance
       See Influenza, National Surveillance

National Neisseria Network
       See Meningococcal isolate surveillance

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
       Annual report, 1996; 281
       Surveillance data in CDI; 5
       Surveillance reports; 10, 21, 34, 50, 64, 81, 94, 108, 123, 138, 150, 166, 178, 194, 208, 222, 237, 251, 270, 310, 323, 339, 360

Neisseria meningitidis
       See also Meningococcal infection

New South Wales
       Hepatitis A outbreaks
             Meningitis outbreak, western Sydney; 136
             Oyster-associated; 46
             Shoalhaven region; 1

New Zealand
       Measles; 149

NHMRC
       See National Health and Medical Research Council

Northern Territory
       Outbreak on an oil rig; 106

Norwalk virus; 317

Notifiable Diseases
       General Practitioners, Western Australia; 205
       See National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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O

O'nyong-nyong fever
       Overseas updates; 88

Oysters;
       Hepatitis A outbreak, New South Wales; 46
       Norwalk virus gastroenteritis; 317

P

Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network; 48

Parainfluenza; 270

Pertussis
       Epidemic, Australia; 49
       Notifications in Australia; 145, 359

Plague, overseas updates; 56, 244, 348, 368

Pneumococcal infection
       Epidemiology and prevention; 41
       Invasive, Perth, 1990 to 1994; 73
       Queensland; 133
       Vaccination, NHMRC recommendations; 77

Public Health Laboratory Network; 308

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Q

Q fever
       Australia; 323
       Queensland; 29

Quarantine, legislation review; 347

Queensland
       Australian bat lyssavirus, fruit bat infections and human contacts; 117
       Dengue, Torres Strait outbreak; 33
       Encephalitis and meningitis, fatal, Gold Coast Hospital, 1980 to 1996; 32
       Leptospirosis notifications, 1985 to 1996; 17
       Pneumococcal infection, multiple drug-resistant; 133

Q fever vaccination in abattoirs; 29

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R

Resistance, antibiotic
       See Antibiotic resistance

Respiratory illness, overseas updates; 368

Respiratory syncytial virus; 222

Ross River virus infection
       Australia; 34, 107
       Military exercise; 193

Rotavirus
       Infection; 194

Rubella
       Australia; 63

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S

Salmonella
       Australia; 80
       S. Typhimurium outbreaks, South Australia; 61
       Victorian outbreaks, 1997; 120

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       Surveillance data in CDI; 6
       Surveillance reports; 37, 111, 127, 155, 183, 212, 241, 329, 364

Serious adverse events following vaccination
       See Adverse Events Following Vaccination Surveillance Scheme

Sexually transmissible disease
       Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, Annual report; 189
       Gonococcal infection; 178

Shigellosis, 166

South Australia
       Campylobacter outbreak at training facility; 57
       Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak; 61

Streptococcus pneumoniae
       See Pneumococcal infection

Surveillance
       Data in CDI; 5

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T

Tuberculosis
       Australia; 250, 261
       Isolates, Australia 1994 and 1995; 245

Typhoid
       Overseas update; 72

Typhus, louse-borne
       Overseas update; 144

U - V

Vaccination
       See Immunisation

Victoria
       Anthrax, human case; 47
       Salmonella outbreaks, 1997; 120

Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
       Surveillance data in CDI; 8
       Surveillance reports; 13, 24, 37, 54, 67, 84, 98, 113, 128, 141, 157, 170, 184, 199, 212, 227, 241, 254, 274, 313, 329, 344, 365

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W

Western Australia
       Notifications, General Practitioners; 205
       Perth, 1990 to 1994; 73

Whooping cough
       See Pertussis

World Health Organization
       International Travel and Health booklet; 48

Western Pacific Region Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme 1996; 349

World Health Day 1997; 93

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X - Y - Z

Yellow fever
       Overseas updates; 88, 244

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