2004 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence

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Subject index, 2004


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A

ACIR
      See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Acute flaccid paralysis
      See: Poliomyelitis

Adverse events following immunisation
      age-related risk of adverse events following yellow fever vaccination in Australia; 244-248
      surveillance of adverse events following immunisation Australia, 2002 to 2003; 324-338
      for children aged less than 7 years, 1 January to 30 June 2004; 490-492

AIDS
      See: HIV and AIDS

Alphaviruses
      See: Vectorborne diseases

Annual report
      See: Individual surveillance programs

Anthrax
      overseas briefs; 308
      surveillance report; 56
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Antibiotic
      resistance
            Passive surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Queensland public hospitals: the basis for a national system?; 230-235
             See: Gonococcal infections
            See: Meningococcal infections

      susceptibility
             ceftriaxone; 117, 298, 424
             penicillin; 116, 298, 423
             quinolone; 117, 299, 424
             spectinomycin; 298, 424
             tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae; 117, 299, 424

Arbovirus infection
      surveillance report; 52
      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 bat lyssavirus
      surveillance report; 56
      trends in potential exposure to Australian bat lyssavirus in South East Queensland, 1996 to 2003; 258-260

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
      See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Australian encephalitis
      See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
      annual report, 2003; 187-193
      quarterly reports; 116-117, 298-299, 423-424, 547-548
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 100-101

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
      annual report, 2003; 194-206
      quarterly reports; 299-300, 424-425, 548-549

Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry
      surveillance report; 356-358

Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
      annual report, 2003; 339-344

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
      communicable disease conditions, 1 January to 30 June 2004; 529-531
      surveillance report; 90-91, 300, 425, 529-531
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 101

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Programme
      report, 2003-2004; 481-485

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network;
      surveillance report; 65, 115, 295, 420, 544
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 99

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; 51-52
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Bloodborne disease
      surveillance report; 26-30, 281-282
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS

Botulism
      surveillance report; 30
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
      overseas briefs; 123, 436
      See also: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Brucellosis
      surveillance report; 56
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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C

Campylobacter
      See: Campylobacteriosis

Campylobacteriosis
      surveillance report; 31, 103
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chlamydia
      See: Chlamydial infection

Chlamydial infection
      surveillance report; 37-40, 409
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chickenpox
      See: Varicella

Childhood immunisation coverage
      acceptance of three simultaneous vaccine infections recommended at 12 months of age; 493-496
      impact of (Hib vaccination on Hib meningitis in children in Far North Queensland, 1989 to 2003; 255-257
      planning for human papillomavirus vaccines in Australia; 249-254
      surveillance reports; 50, 119-120, 296-297, 421, 545-546
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 102
      what do we know about 7vPCV coverage in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children?; 238-243

Cholera
      overseas briefs; 307
      surveillance report; 282, 409, 532
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Communicable Diseases Intelligence
      editorial; 1-5
      highlights
             See: Communicable diseases surveillance
      instructions for authors; 95-97
      letter to the editor: was the egg a plausible source for the Salmonella Potsdam outbreak?; 236-237
      response to letter to the editor: Salmonella Potsdam and eggs; 237
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 98-102

Communicable Diseases Network Australia
      reports; 277-278, 406-407, 489

Communicable diseases surveillance
      highlights; 103-105, 281-285, 408-410, 531-534
      See also: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
      See also: individual surveillance schemes

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
      variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
      overseas briefs; 124, 306, 433, 560

Cryptosporidiosis
      surveillance report; 31-32, 282
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Cytomegalovirus
      surveillance report, 300, 426, 530

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D

Dengue
      overseas briefs; 309
      surveillance report; 53, 104, 283-284
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Diphtheria
      surveillance report; 45
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Donovanosis
      surveillance report; 40
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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E

Encephalitis
      Australian
             See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
            See also: Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus, Murray Valley encephalitis

Enteroviruses
      See: poliomyelitis

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F

Festschrift for Professor Margaret Burgess AO; 349-355
            
Flavivirus
      surveillance report; 409
      See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      See also: Vectorborne diseases, Dengue, Kunjin virus, Japanese encephalitis, Murray Valley encephalitis

Foodborne disease
      fish, so foul! foodborne illness caused by combined fish histamine and wax ester poisoning; 83-85
      outbreaks in Australia, 1995 to 2000; 211-224
      overseas briefs; 432
      See also: OzFoodNet
      See also: Salmonellosis

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Gastroenteritis
      See: Gastrointestinal diseases

Gastrointestinal diseases
      surveillance report; 30-37, 103,115, 282, 295,408-409,420, 531-532, 544
      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

Gonococcal infection
      surveillance report; 41-43
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Gonorrhoea
      See: Gonococcal infection

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
      surveillance report; 36, 408
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemophilus influenzae type b
      surveillance report; 45
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemorrhagic fever
      See: viral haemorrhagic fever

Hepatitis A
      a multi-jurisdictional outbreak of hepatitis A related to a youth camp; 521-527
      overseas briefs; 431
      surveillance report; 32-33, 531
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis B
      surveillance report; 26-28, 281-282, 392
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis C
      overseas briefs; 307
      prevalence-a nationwide serosurvey; 517-521
      surveillance report; 28-30, 281-282, 300, 426, 532-533
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis D
      surveillance report; 30
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis E
      overseas briefs; 559
      surveillance report; 33, 282, 408
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Herpes simplex virus
      surveillance report; 300, 426, 530

HIV and AIDS
      surveillance reports; 300, 530
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 99-100

Human pituitary hormone
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Immunisation
      See: childhood immunisation coverage

Infection control
      guidelines for the prevention of transmission of infectious diseases in the health care setting; 159
            
Influenza
      associated morbidity and mortality in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit; 504-508
      antiviral prophylaxis in the management of an influenza outbreak in an aged care facility; 396-400
      ASPREN data
            See: Australian Sentinel Practitioner Research Network

      avian
             overseas briefs; 123, 305, 435, 559

      cost of seasonal respiratory illnesses in Australian children: the dominance of patient and family costs and implications for vaccine use; 509-516
      laboratory-confirmed
            surveillance reports; 45-46, 169-174, 175-180, 295, 420, 532-533, 544     

      LabVISE data
             See: Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme

      National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
             annual report; 160-168
             surveillance systems reported in CDI; 100

      uptake of influenza vaccine among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults in north Queensland, 2003; 80-82
             See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Invasive meningococcal infections
      See: Meningococcal infections

Invasive pneumococcal disease
      See: Pneumococcal disease

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J

Japanese encephalitis
      surveillance report; 54, 284
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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K

Kunjin virus infection
      surveillance report; 54
       See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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L

Legionellosis
      surveillance report; 59-60, 285
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Leprosy
      surveillance report; 60
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Leptospirosis
      surveillance report; 57
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Listeriosis
      surveillance report; 33, 532
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Lyssavirus
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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M

Malaria
      overseas briefs; 560
      surveillance report; 54-55
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Measles
      surveillance report; 46, 103, 282, 409, 532
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Melioidosis
      overseas briefs; 559

Meningococcal infections
      a family cluster of serogroup C meningococcal disease; 496-498
      an outbreak of meningococcal disease in a secondary school-implications for public health practice; 345-346
      changes to the management of meningococcal disease in Australia; 278
      surveillance reports; 61-62, 105, 285, 409-410, 533-534
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Mumps
      overseas briefs; 124
      surveillance report; 47
       See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Murray Valley encephalitis virus
      surveillance report; 284
      See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases; 92-95
            
National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
      role of the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research in surveillance for HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in Australia; 273-276
      quarterly reports; 117-118, 301-302, 425-427, 549-550

National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
      surveillance reports; 121-122, 302-303, 427-429, 550-552
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 101-102

National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
      See: Influenza

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
      annual report, 2002; 6-68
      evaluation; 311
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 98-99
      tables; 106, 107-109, 110-111, 286, 287-289, 290-291, 411-416, 535, 536-538, 539-540
      See also: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

Neisseria gonorrhoea
      See: Gonococcal infection

Neisseria meningitidis
      See: Meningococcal infection

Nipah virus
      overseas briefs; 431

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

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Ornithosis
      surveillance report; 58, 105, 284
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Other bacterial infections
      surveillance report; 59-63, 105, 285, 533-534

Outbreaks
      foodborne diseases; 211-224
      hepatitis A; 521-527
      influenza; 396-400
      meningococcal disease; 345-347
      Salmonella Singapore; 527-528
      Salmonella Potsdam; 236-237
      shigellosis; 225-229

Overseas briefs; 123-125, 305-309, 430-437, 559-562
            
OzFoodNet
      annual report, 2003; 359-389
      quarterly surveillance report; 86-89, 207-210, 401-405, 485-488
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 102

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Pertussis
      surveillance report; 47-48, 104, 283, 533
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Plague
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Plasmodium spp.
      See: Malaria

Pneumococcal disease
      laboratory report, 2003; 455-464
      surveillance report; 48-49, 441-454
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Poliomyelitis
      overseas briefs; 430, 561-562
      surveillance; 49, 426
      See also: Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Q

Q fever
      surveillance report; 58-59
     See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Quarantinable diseases
      surveillance report; 37, 282, 532
      See also: Cholera, plague, yellow fever

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R

Rabies
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Ross River virus
      surveillance report; 51-53, 104, 261-266, 284
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Rubella
      interruption of transmission; 69-74
      surveillance report; 49, 300, 426, 530
      top end rural and remote Indigenous women: an Australian population group vulnerable to rubella; 499-503
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Salmonellosis
      outbreak of Salmonella Singapore associated with eating sushi; 527-528
      overseas briefs; 561
      surveillance report; 34-36, 103, 121-122, 303-304, 428-429, 551-552
      See: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
      See also: OzFoodNet

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 100

Serology
      Kunjin virus
             See: Kunjin virus; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

      Murray Valley encephalitis virus
            See: Murray Valley encephalitis; Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme

Sexually transmitted infections
      surveillance report; 37-45, 409-410
      See also: Chlamydial infection; communicable diseases surveillance tables, donovanosis, gonococcal infection, syphilis

Severe acute respiratory syndrome
      overseas briefs; 123, 305, 433
      SARS in Australia; 181-186

Shiga-like-toxin producing E. coli verotoxigenic infections
      risk factors for sporadic human infection with shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia; 74-79
      surveillance report; 36, 282, 390-391
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Shigellosis
      an outbreak of shigellosis in a child care centre; 225-229
      surveillance report; 36
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Shingles
      surveillance report; 295, 420, 544

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

Smallpox
      overseas briefs; 308

Surveillance
      See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

Surveillance reports
      See: individual surveillance reports
      See also: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

Syphilis
      surveillance report; 43-45
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Tetanus
      overseas briefs; 124
      surveillance report; 49
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Travellers
      Follow-up of communicable diseases reported among travellers on aeroplanes; 270-271

Tuberculosis
      laboratory report, 2003; 474-481
      notifications, 2003; 464-473
      overseas briefs; 125
      surveillance report;

Typhoid
      surveillance report; 37, 408
      scrub typhus in the Northern Territory: exceeding the boundaries of Litchfield National Park; 267-269

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Vaccination
      See: Childhood Immunisation coverage

Vaccine preventable diseases
      surveillance report; 45-50, 103, 127-159, 282-283, 409, 532-533
     See also: Diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type b, influenza, pneumococcal disease, measles, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, rubella, tetanus

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Varicella
      surveillance report; 115, 295, 420, 544

Vectorborne diseases
      surveillance report; 51-56, 104, 283
      See also: Alphaviruses, Flaviviruses, Arbovirus infection, Barmah Forest virus infection, dengue, Japanese encephalitis, Kunjin virus infection, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus infection

Viral haemorrhagic fever
      Ebola haemorrhagic fever
      overseas briefs; 125
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
      data tables; 112-114, 292-294, 417-419, 541-543
      surveillance report; 63, 410
      surveillance systems reported in CDI; 101

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

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W

Waterborne disease
      overseas briefs; 432

World Health Organization
      Western Pacific Region
       See: gonococcal infection

World Organisation for Animal Health
      overseas briefs; 432

Y

Yellow fever
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Z

Zoonoses
      surveillance report; 56-59, 105
      See also: Anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever

Zoster
      See: Varicella

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