2001 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 25

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Subject index, 2001


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A

Aboriginal
       See: Indigenous

ACIR
       See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Acute flaccid paralysis
       See: Poliomyelitis

Adenovirus
       outbreak of pharyngoconjunctival fever; 9-12

Adult diphtheria and tetanus immunisations
       See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

Aedes
       aegypti; 283-285
       overseas briefs; 184
       exotic, detection and elimination; 283-285

AIDS
       See: HIV and AIDS

Annual report
       See individual surveillance programs

Anthrax
      editorial; 188-189
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Antibiotic
       antimicrobial therapy
             tuberculosis; 5, 257
       meningococcal; 113-121, 121-125
       resistance
             gonococcal; 59-63, 178, 274-276
             HIV, multi-drug; 183
             Staphylococcus; 184
       susceptibility; 60
             ceftriaxone; 61, 91, 118, 177, 304
             quinolone; 61, 91, 177-178, 304-305
             penicillin; 60-61, 90-91, 117-118, 177, 304
             spectinomycin; 61, 91, 177, 304
             tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 62, 91, 178, 305
             tuberculosis; 263-264

Arbovirus infection
       National Arbovirus Advisory Committee, report; 33-47
       surveillance report; 19, 78, 164-165
       See also: Barmah Forest virus, Kunjin virus infection, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus

ASPREN
       See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
       See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Australian encephalitis
       See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       See also: Encephalitis

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
       annual report, 2000; 59-63
       quarterly surveillance report; 90-91, 177-178, 304-305
       See also: Gonococcal infection

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
       annual report, 2000; 113-121

Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network
       annual report, 1998-1999; 261-265
       retirement; 260

Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory
       bi-annual report, July to December 2000; 54-58
       See also: Poliomyelitis

Australian Quarantine Inspection Service
       mosquito surveillance; 283-285

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
       annual report, 2000/2001; 143-146
       quarterly surveillance report; 28, 92

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
       surveillance
             definition; 106
             explanation; 27, 90, 175, 303
             influenza; 107-112
             report; 27, 90, 175, 303

Australia's notifiable diseases status, annual report
       See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

Avian influenza
       See: Influenza

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B

Barmah Forest virus
       surveillance report; 19, 78, 165
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

BCG
       See: Tuberculosis

Biological terrorism
       editorial; 188-189

Bloodborne disease
       surveillance report; 76, 161-162
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS

Body piercing
       and tattooing, prevalence; 67-72

Botulism
       surveillance report; 76, 163
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
       editorial; 99-100
       imported beef products; 253
       See also: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Brucellosis
       surveillance report; 165
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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C

Campylobacter
       See: Campylobacteriosis

Campylobacteriosis
       surveillance report; 18, 162-163, 288
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Ceftriaxone; 61, 91, 118, 177, 304

Cephalosporin
       gonococcal; 59-63, 177, 274-275

Chancroid
       surveillance report; 77
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chlamydia
       See: Chlamydial infection

Chlamydial infection
       surveillance report; 18, 76, 290
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chickenpox
       ASPREN data
             See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
       See: Varicella

Childhood immunisation coverage
       surveillance   reports; 30, 94, 307

Cholera
       surveillance report; 289
       overseas briefs; 95, 181
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Cohort
       childhood immunisation coverage; 30, 94, 307
       measles; 129-132

Communicable Diseases Intelligence  
       editorial; 99-100, 101-102, 126-129, 141-142, 187    
       in case you missed it; 53,
       letter to the Editor; 154-155, 277

Communicable Diseases Network Australia
       National Arbovirus Advisory Committee, report
             See: Arbovirus
       networking; 266-269

Communicable diseases surveillance
       annual report
             See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
             See also: individual surveillance schemes
       definition; 106
       notifiable diseases 2001; 75, 161, 246-247, 288
       presentation of surveillance report;18, 75, 161, 288
       report; 18-30, 76-94, 161-179, 288-307

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; 236
       overseas briefs; 182-183
       transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; 248-252
       variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
             editorial; 99-100
             overseas briefs; 98, 182
             See also: variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cruise ship; 15-17

Cryptococcus
       Overseas briefs; 311

Cryptosporidiosis
       surveillance report; 163, 288
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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D

Deaths
       overseas briefs
             unexplained; 97
             yellow fever vaccination; 185

Dengue
       exotic mosquitoes detection and elimination; 283-285
       surveillance report; 291
       overseas briefs; 311
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Diarrhoea
       cruise ship; 15-17

Diphtheria
       surveillance report; 77
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Directly Observed Therapy Short-course
       Tuberculosis; 1, 254

Donovanosis
       surveillance report; 77, 164, 290
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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E

East Timor
       Malaria; 149-151

Encephalitis
       Australian
             See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
       See also: Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus, Murray Valley encephalitis

Enteroviruses
       See: hand, foot and mouth disease, poliomyelitis

Environmental health
       cooling towers, legionellosis, 63-66

Escherichia coli
       surveillance reports; 18, 76
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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F

Fatal familial insomnia
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Flavivirus
       See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       See also: dengue, Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis

Foodborne disease
       OzFoodNet quarterly report; 103-106, 270-273
       See also: Salmonellosis

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G

Gastroenteritis
       See: Gastrointestinal diseases

Gastrointestinal diseases
       rotavirus; 143-146
       surveillance report; 18, 76, 162-164, 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, botulism, campylobacteriosis, cryptosporidiosis, haemolytic uraemic syndrome, hepatitis A, listeriosis, rotavirus, salmonellosis, shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections shigellosis, typhoid

General practice
       influenza
             See: Influenza, annual report 2000
       measles; 19

Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Gonococcal infection
       antimicrobial resistance; 59-63, 178
       Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
             annual report, 2000; 59-63
             quarterly surveillance report; 90-91, 117-178, 304-305
       surveillance report; 290
       WHO Western Pacific Region
             annual report, 2000; 274-276
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Gonorrhoea
       See: Gonococcal infection

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
       surveillance report; 18
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemophilus influenzae type b
       surveillance report; 19, 77, 290
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis A
       surveillance report; 76, 289
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis B
       surveillance report; 76, 161-162
       overseas briefs; 308
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis C
       surveillance report; 76
       tattooing and body piercing; 67-72
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis D
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis E
       overseas briefs; 311
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

HIV and AIDS
       body piercing and tattooing; 67-72
       editorial; 101-102
       meningococcal, coinfection; 279-280
       overseas briefs; 98, 183
       surveillance report; 29, 93-94, 178-179, 306
       tuberculosis; 5, 257

Hospitals
       measles; 137-140
       varicella vaccine; 13-15

Human pituitary hormone
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Hydatid infection
       surveillance report; 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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I

ICD-9
       measles; 137-140

Immigrants
       tuberculosis; 1-8, 254-260

Immunisation
       childhood immunisation coverage
             See: Childhood immunisation coverage
       measles; 129-132, 133-136

Indigenous
       tuberculosis; 1-8, 254-260

Influenza
       ASPREN data
             See: Australian Sentinel Practitioner Research Network
       avian; 96-97
       LabVISE data
             See: Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
       National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, annual report 2000; 107-112
       overseas briefs; 96-97, 312
       surveillance report; 164, 290
       vaccination; 112, 312
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Injecting drug use
       tattooing and body piercing; 67-72

Invasive meningococcal infections
       See: Meningococcal infections

Invasive pneumococcal disease
       See: Pneumococcal disease

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J

Japanese encephalitis; 33-47
       surveillance report; 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

K

Kunjin virus infection
       case report, 155-157
       surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
       surveillance report; 165, 288-303
       See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Kuru
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Legionellosis
       cluster of cases in western Sydney; 63-66
       environmental health; 63-66
       surveillance report; 19, 78, 166, 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Leptospirosis
       surveillance report; 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Linezolid
       overseas briefs; 184

Listeriosis
       surveillance report; 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Lymphogranuloma venereum
       surveillance report; 77

Lyssavirus
       See: Rabies

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Malaria
       overseas briefs; 183
       Plasmodium falciparum, locally-acquired; 151-153
       surveillance report; 165, 288-303
       Victoria, 1999 to 2000; 149-151
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Measles
       cluster in south-east Sydney general practice waiting room; 19
       editorial; 141-142
       elimination; 137-140, 141-142
       genotype; 12
       hospitalised cases; 137-140
       immunity among young adults; 129-132, 133-136
       outbreak among young adults in Victoria; 12
       surveillance report; 18, 77, 165, 290
       traveller; 12
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Meningococcal infections
       analysis of calls to a disease hotline; 281-282
       Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, annual report; 113-121
       editorial; 126-129
       erratum; 280
       HIV coinfection; 279-280
       invasive; 126-129,
       letter to the Editor; 277
       outbreak associated with a secondary school; 121-125
       outbreak investigation; 279-280
       overseas briefs; 95-96, 181-182
       surveillance report; 19, 78-79, 166, 291-292
       telephone hotline; 281-282
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Mortality
       tuberculosis; 1-8, 254-260

Mosquito control
       Aedes, exotic; 283-285
       arbovirus surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47

malaria; 151-153
       overseas briefs; 184

Mumps
       surveillance report; 165
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Murray Valley encephalitis virus
       case report, Mt Isa, 48
       central Australia update; 49-50
       letter to the Editor, 154-155
       surveillance and control initiatives; 33-47
       surveillance report; 28, 50-53, 78, 164-165, 288-303
       See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Mycobacteriosis
       overseas briefs; 97-98

Mycobacterium
       ulcerans
       surveillance report; 292
       See also: Tuberculosis

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National Arbovirus Advisory Committee
       See: Arbovirus

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
       surveillance
             HIV and AIDS; 29, 93, 178-179, 306

National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
       See: Influenza

National Mycobacterial Surveillance System
       See: Tuberculosis

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
       annual report 1999; 190-245
       case definitions; 237-242
       explanation; 27, 90, 175, 303
       surveillance data in CDI, presentation; 18, 75, 161, 288
       tables; 20-25, 81-87, 167-172, 293-299
       See also: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

National Rotavirus Reference Centre
       See: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program

Neisseria gonorrhoea
       See: Gonococcal infection

Neisseria meningitidis
       See: Meningococcal infection

Norwalk-like virus
       surveillance report; 166

Notifiable diseases
       See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance
       See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System

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Ornithosis
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Outbreak
       adenovirus
             See: Adenovirus
       measles; 12, 19
       meningococcal; 121-125, 281-282
       Salmonella; 72, 73, 277-278

Overseas briefs; 95-98, 181-185, 308-312

OzFoodNet
       quarterly surveillance report; 103-106, 270-273

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Penicillins
       gonococcal; 60-61, 117-118, 177, 274-275, 304
       meningococcal; 113-121, 121-125

Pertussis
       surveillance report; 18, 77, 291
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Pharyngoconjunctival fever
       See: Adenovirus

Plague
       overseas briefs; 96, 183
       surveillance report; 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Plasmodium spp.
       See: Malaria

Pneumococcal disease
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Poliomyelitis
       acute flaccid paralysis; 309
       Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory report, June to December 2000; 54-58
       overseas briefs; 96, 308-309
       surveillance report; 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Prion protein
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Prophylaxis
       varicella
             See: Varicella

Public Health Laboratory Network
       new Chair; 269

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Q fever
       prevalence of immune markers; 285-287
       surveillance report; 165
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Quarantinable diseases
       surveillance report; 164, 288-303
       See also: Cholera, plague, yellow fever

Quinolone; 61, 91, 59-63, 177-178, 274-275, 304-305

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Rabies
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Ross River virus
       surveillance report; 19, 78
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Rotavirus
       quarterly surveillance report; 28, 92
       surveillance report; 293
       See also: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program

Rubella
       surveillance report; 165
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Salmonellosis
       overseas briefs; 183-184
       outbreak report; 72, 73, 102, 277-278
       surveillance report; 18, 163-164, 289
       typhi; 17
       Zanzibar; 102
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
       See also: OzFoodNet

School
       adenovirus
              See: Adenovirus
       meningococcal infection; 121-125

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       surveillance   reports; 28, 50-53, 176, 305

Serotype
       rotavirus; 28, 143-146

Serology
       Kunjin virus
             See: Kunjin virus; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       Murray Valley encephalitis virus
             See: Murray Valley encephalitis; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
       Q fever
             See: Q fever

Sexually transmitted infections
       surveillance report; 76, 164, 290
       See also: Chlamydial infection; communicable diseases surveillance tables, donovanosis, gonococcal infection, syphilis

Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
       surveillance report; 76, 161
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Shigellosis
       surveillance report; 162
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

SLTEC
       See: Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections

Smallpox
       editorial; 188-189

Spectinomycin
       gonococcal; 61, 177, 274-275, 304

Staphylococcus aureus
       overseas briefs; 184

Strains
       influenza; 107-112

Surveillance
       See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

Surveillance report
       Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme; 59-63, 90-91, 177-178, 304-305
       Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program; 28, 92, 143-146
       HIV and AIDS; 29, 93, 178-179, 306
       Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme; 28, 50-53, 176, 305

tuberculosis notifications; 1-8, 254-260
       See also: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

Swimming pool
       adenovirus; 9-12

Syphilis
       surveillance report; 77, 164, 290
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Tattooing
       and body piercing; 67-72

Tetanus
       surveillance report; 18, 77, 288-303
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 62, 91, 178, 305

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
       See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Traveller
       Kunjin virus; 155-157
       malaria; 149-151
       measles; 12

Tuberculosis
       annual report 1998-1999, laboratory; 261-265
       annual report 1998, notifications; 1-8
       annual report 1999, notifications; 254-260
       antimicrobial therapy; 5, 257
       BCG; 5, 257
       country of birth; 5-6, 257
       drug resistance; 53, 261-265
       HIV; 5, 257
       indigenous; 6-7, 257-258
       mortality; 7, 258-259
       principal sites; 4-5, 256-257
       surveillance report; 78, 292
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Typhoid
       case report, Northern Territory; 32
       surveillance report; 18, 76,
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Unexplained deaths
       overseas briefs; 97

V

Vaccination
       measles-mumps-rubella; 12
       meningococcal; 121-125
       See also: Immunisation

Vaccine
       influenza; 107-112, 312
       measles; 12
       poliomyelitis; 54-58
       rotavirus; 143-146
       varicella; 13-15

Vaccine preventable diseases
       surveillance report; 18, 77, 164
       See also: Diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, influenza, invasive pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus
       editorial; 99-100

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
       editorial; 99-100
       overseas briefs; 98, 182, 310
       See also: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Varicella
       post-exposure prophylaxis; 13-15

Vectorborne diseases
       surveillance report; 19, 78, 164-165
       See also: Arbovirus infection, Barmah Forest virus infection, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus infection, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus infection

Viral haemorrhagic fever
       See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
       data tables; 25-27, 88-89, 172-174, 299-303
       influenza surveillance; 107-112
       surveillance report; 79-80, 166, 292

VTEC
       See: Shiga-like-toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections

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World Health Organization
       gonococcal, West Pacific Region
             See: gonococcal infection
       overseas briefs; 95-96, 181-182

X - Y

Yaws
       overseas briefs; 311-312

Yellow fever
       overseas briefs; 96, 181, 185
       surveillance report; 290
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Zoonoses
       surveillance report; 19, 78, 165, 288-303
       See also: Anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever

Zoster
       See: Varicella

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