1998 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 22

This page contains an index by subject of articles that were published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence during 1998.

Page last updated: 24 December 1998

Subject index, 1998


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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

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A

ACIR
       See Australian Childhood Immunisation Register

Aedes Albopictus
       In Townsville, Queensland; 3

AIDS
       See HIV and AIDS

Anthrax
       Overseas updates; 203
       Sporadic human anthrax in urban Brisbane; 189

Arboviruses
       See separate disease names

Australian region, 1990 to 1998; 93
       Surveillance reports; 23, 6, 81, 114, 139, 255,271

ASPREN
       See Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

Asthma
       and immunisation; 38

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
       Interpreting data; 111
       Methodology; 36
       Surveillance reports; 36, 121, 170, 233, 278

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
       See Gonococcal surveillance

Australian Paediatric Surveillance
       Role of communicable disease in childhood; 283

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
       Surveillance data in CDI; 5
       Surveillance reports; 13, 28, 40, 61, 81, 114

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B

Botulism
       Infant case SA; 110, 133

C

Campylobacter
       Surveillance report; 298

CDI
       Instructions for authors; 9, 254
       Internet web site; 31, 284
       New address; 80,104
       Surveillance data in; 4
       Technical report series; 192

Cholera
       A case of; 154
       Overseas updates; 16, 32, 47, 68, 124, 147, 171, 203, 236, 264, 281, 305

Communicable diseases surveillance reports; 10, 23, 40, 61, 81, 114,139, 162, 194, 224, 255, 271, 298

Cryptosporidiosis Outbreak; 22

Current issues in immunisation
       Occasional report series; 38, 58, 111

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D

Dengue
       Aedes Albopictus vector in Queensland; 3
       Cases from Thailand; 107
       In Cairns; 109
       In Queensland, outbreak; 4
       Overseas updates; 48, 68, 92, 123
       Possible case, interpreting serology; 105

Diarrhoea
       Outbreak overseas; 92, 264

Diphtheria
       A case of diphtheria in New Zealand; 188
       National Health and Medical Research Council recommendations on vaccination; 188

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E

Encephalitis
       Japanese, case; 60, 80
       Murray Valley, case; 60, 103

Enteroviruses
       Surveillance reports; 41, 62
       Outbreak in Asia; 171
       Overseas updates; 148

Escherichia coli
       VTEC; 223

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F

Flavivirus
       See also individual diseases
       Surveillance
             See Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Food
       Poisoning in Mozambique; 305
       Regulation Review; 221

G

Gonococcal conjunctivitis
       Non-sexually transmitted outbreak; 52
       Outbreak; 39

Gonococcus
       Annual Report 1997 - surveillance; 212
       Resistance isolated in WHO Western Pacific Region; 288
       Surveillance data in CDI; 8
       Surveillance reports; 2, 84, 230, 276
       What is it telling us; 216

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H

Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
       Cases in South Australia; 80
       Surveillance reports; 255

Haemorrhagic fever
       Crimean-Congo update; 124

HIV and AIDS
       Changes in reporting in Australia; 161
       Surveillance data in CDI; 5
       Surveillance reports; 46, 63, 83, 121,147, 169, 199, 231, 261, 278, 303

Hepatitis A
       In STD data, letter; 113
       Surveillance reports; 23, 114, 13, 255

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I

Immunisation
       Administration of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine with other childhood schedule vaccinations; 159
       and asthma; 38

Influenza
       NHMRC recommendations; 75
       Measles control; 33, 136, 156, 157
       Measles vaccine, possible adverse effects; 58
       Measuring childhood coverage;
              See Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
       Moving the second dose of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to school entry: implications for control   of rubella; 157
       Occasional report series;
             See Current issues in immunisation
       Pre-term infants; 218

Infection control
       Revision of guidelines; 222

Influenza
       Hong Kong, A (H5N1) outbreak; 16, 32, 68
       Overseas update; 47
       National surveillance
             1997 annual report; 69
             Surveillance data in CDI; 8
             Surveillance reports; 83, 120, 145, 168, 199, 229, 260
       Vaccination,
             Australian recommendations for 1999 season; 269
             NHMRC recommendations; 75

Internet web site
       CDI, Communicable Diseases Australia; 31
       CDI, Communicable Diseases Australia, new address; 80, 104
       Medical entomology; 22

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J

Japanese encephalitis
       see Encephalitis

K

Kokobera
       Possible case, interpreting serology; 105

Kunjin virus
       Activity, see Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

L

LabVISE
       See Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme

Legionellosis
       Disease outbreak; 155

Legionellosis and recent travel to Bali; 189
       Overseas updates; 204
       Surveillance reports; 162

Lyssavirus
       Prophylaxis in Western Australia; 149
       Recommendations for pre- and post-exposure vaccination; 153
       Expert Group; 153

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M

Malaria
       Acquired in Torres Strait; 1
       Australian Register for 1992 and 1993; 237
       Overseas update; 124
       Trends in Australia 1991-1997; 247

Measles
       Control campaign updates; 136, 156, 193, 220, 253, 270
       Control in Australia, workshop report; 33
       Victoria 1992 to 1996; 17

Melioidosis
       North Queensland, outbreak; 39

Meningococcal disease
       Annual Report 1997, surveillance; 205
       In Australia: 1997 and beyond; 134
       Guidelines for prophylaxis; 270
       Overseas updates; 32, 92, 203
       Surveillance reports; 41, 139, 162, 194, 224, 255

Murray Valley encephalitis
       See Encephalitis
       Activity, see Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Mycoplasma pneumoniae
       Surveillance reports; 115

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N

National Influenza Surveillance
       See Influenza

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
       Surveillance data in CDI: 4
       Surveillance reports; 10, 23, 40, 61, 81, 114

Newcastle disease
       Outbreak in commercial poultry flocks; 222

NNDSS
       See National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

Notifiable diseases
       See National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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O - P

Parvovirus
       Surveillance reports; 24, 115

Pertussis
       South Australia 1883 to 1996; 76

Pertussis vaccines: past, present and future in Australia; 125

Pertussis: the way it was; 133

Plasmodium vivax
       Malaria acquired in the Torres Strait; 1

Pneumococcal disease
       Seroepidemiology in Queensland 1990-1997; 265

Pneumonia outbreak overseas; 281

Polio
       Global eradication; 221

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Q

Q fever
       Outbreak report; 222

R

Rabies
       Prophylaxis in Western Australia; 149
       Recommendations for pre- and post-exposure vaccination; 153
       Expert group; 153
       Human rabies in Russia; 154

Respiratory viruses
       Surveillance reports; 41, 62, 82, 139, 162, 271, 298

Rift Valley fever
       Overseas updates; 16, 32, 281

Ross River virus
       Infection in Australia, 10
       Infection in NSW Sydney; 101
       Surveillance reports; 298

Rotavirus
       Surveillance reports; 115, 139

Rubella
       Implications for control of; 157

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S

Salmonellosis
       Outbreak report; 155
       Surveillance reports; 23,139

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       Surveillance data in CDI; 7
       Surveillance reports; 30, 47, 85, 145, 169, 277

Serious Adverse Events following Vaccination Surveillance Scheme
       Surveillance data in CDI; 6
       Surveillance reports; 85, 146, 234

Sexually transmissible diseases
        See also Gonococcal surveillance
       Surveillance in Australia; 49

Shigella at a wake in Adelaide; 297

Surveillance
       Data in CDI, description of schemes; 4
       See also Communicable Diseases Surveillance

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T

Tuberculosis
       Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 1996; 174
       Tuberculosis in Australia: bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance, 1996; 183

Typhoid
       Vaccine; 193
       Overseas updates; 236

U - V

Vaccination
       See also Immunisation
       Adverse events
             See Serious Adverse Events following Vaccination Surveillance Scheme

Vaccine preventable diseases
       Surveillance reports; 23, 40, 61, 81, 139, 162, 194, 224, 255, 271, 298

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE)
       A public health context; 248
       Emergence and epidemiology of in Australia; 249

Vectorborne diseases
       Surveillance reports; 40

Verotoxin
       Infections and associated syndromes; 223
       Surveillance updates; 224

Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
       Surveillance data in CDI; 8
       Surveillance reports; 13, 23, 40, 61, 81, 114

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W - X - Y - Z

Yellow fever
       Overseas updates; 281


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