2005 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 29

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Subject index, 2005

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ACIR
      See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Acute flaccid paralysis
      See: Poliomyelitis

Adverse events following immunisation
      annual report, 2004; 248–262
      supplementary report: among children aged less than 7 years in Australia , 1 January to 30 June 2005; 413–416

Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus
      a dengue threat for southern Australia ; 296–298

Aedes aegypti
      genetic diversity in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring; 299–304
      overseas brief; 228

AIDS
      See: HIV and AIDS

Alphaviruses
      See: Barmah Forest virus infection; Ross River virus infection

Annual report
      See: Individual surveillance programs

Anthrax
      surveillance report; 49
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Antibiotic
      resistance
            gonococcal; 62–64
      susceptibility; 139–140
            ceftriaxone; 139, 331, 432
            cephalosporin; 62–63
            penicillin; 63, 139, 330–331, 432
            quinolone; 62, 140, 331, 433
            spectinomycin; 63, 140, 331, 433
            tetracycline resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae63, 140, 331, 433

Arbovirus infection
      National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
            annual report, 2004-05; 341–357
      See also: Barmah Forest virus infection; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; malaria; Murray Valley encephalitis virus

ASPREN
      See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

Australian bat lyssavirus
      See: Rabies

Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
      See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Australian encephalitis
      See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
      annual report, 2004; 137–142
      evaluation; 143–149
      quarterly surveillance report; 330–331, 432–433
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 92–93
      See also: Gonococcal infection

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
      annual report, 2004; 150–159
      quarterly surveillance report; 222, 332, 430–431
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 93
      See also: Meningococcal infection

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

Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
      annual report, 2004; 263–268
      See also: Poliomyelitis

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
      surveillance
            2004 update; 407–410
            data in CDI explanation; 93
            quarterly report; 117

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
      evaluation; 231–247
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 91
      surveillance report; 58, 113, 219, 328, 430
      See also: Influenza

Avian influenza
      See: Influenza: avian

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Barmah Forest virus infection
      surveillance report; 45–46, 103, 207
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Bloodborne diseases
      surveillance report; 21–25
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
      See also: Hepatitis B; hepatitis C; hepatitis D; HIV and AIDS;

Botulism
      surveillance report; 25, 207, 316, 418
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Brucellosis
      surveillance report; 50, 208
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Campylobacter
      See: Campylobacteriosis

Campylobacteriosis
      surveillance report; 25–26
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Childhood immunisation coverage
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 94
      surveillance report; 44, 114–115, 220–221, 328–330, 433–435

Chlamydia
      See: Chlamydial infection

Chlamydial infection
      surveillance report; 31–33318, 418
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Cholera
      overseas brief; 123
      surveillance report; 207, 317
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Clostridium difficile
      overseas brief; 337–338

Communicable Diseases Intelligence
      errata; 98–99, 304, 412
      instructions for authors; 95–97
      surveillance systems reported in, 2005; 90–94

Communicable Diseases Network Australia
      Guidelines for the Control of Pertussis in Australia; 197
      National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee annual report 2004-05; 341–357
      quarterly report; 88–89, 196–197, 315, 411–412

Communicable diseases surveillance
      reports; 101–119, 206–225, 316–335, 417–438
      tables; 104–112, 210–218, 319–328, 421–429
      See also: Individual diseases

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
      Australian surveillance update to 31 December 2004; 269–271
      variant
            overseas brief; 121, 228, 339, 442

Cryptosporidiosis
      surveillance report; 26, 101, 316, 418
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Dengue
      Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus - a dengue threat for southern Australia?; 296–298
      genetic diversity of the vector Aedes aegypti in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring; 299–304
      surveillance report; 47–48, 208
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Dengue haemorrhagic fever
      overseas brief; 227

Diphtheria
      surveillance report; 39
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Donovanosis
      surveillance report; 34

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E

Ebola haemorrhagic fever
      overseas brief; 337

Encephalitis
      Australian
            See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
            See also: 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

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Flavivirus
      See: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
      See also: Dengue; Japanese encephalitis virus; Kunjin virus infection; Murray Valley encephalitis virus

Foodborne disease
      See: OzFoodNet; salmonellosis
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Gastroenteritis
      See: Gastrointestinal diseases

Gastrointestinal diseases
      epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant; 370–373
      surveillance report; 25–31, 101–102, 207, 316–318, 418
      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, 2004; 137–142
            evaluation; 143–149
            quarterly report; 330–331, 432–433
      Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia: Public Health Laboratory Network position paper; 358–365
      surveillance report; 34–36,
      WHO Western Pacific Region
            annual report, 2003; 62–64
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Gonorrhoea
      See: Gonococcal infection

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
      a preventable illness? Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant; 77–79
      cluster of cases in north Queensland associated with a novel Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli; 193–196
      overseas brief; 227
      surveillance report; 30, 317
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Haemophilus influenzae type b
      surveillance report; 39–40
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Haemorrhagic fever
      See: Viral haemorrhagic fever

Hepatitis A
      surveillance report; 26–27
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Hepatitis B
      estimates of chronic infection in the Northern Territory; 289–290
      surveillance report; 21–23
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Hepatitis C
      surveillance report; 23–24
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Hepatitis D
      surveillance report; 25
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Hepatitis E
      surveillance report; 27, 102, 317, 418
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

HIV and AIDS
      overseas brief
            multi-drug resistance; 227–228
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 91–92
      surveillance report; 116–117, 222–223, 333, 435–436

Human pituary hormone
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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I

Immunisation
      adverse events following immunisation
            among children aged less than 7 years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2005: Supplementary report; 413–416
            annual report, 2004; 248–262
      childhood immunisation coverage
            See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Influenza
      and pneumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria; 283–288
      ASPREN data
            See: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network
      avian
            overseas brief; 120–121, 122, 226, 336, 338, 439–441
      comparison of a rapid test for influenza with laboratory-based diagnosis in a paediatric population; 272–276
      laboratory-confirmed
            surveillance reports; 40, 102, 207,  318, 418
            See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
      LabVISE data
            See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
      National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
            annual report, 2004; 125–136
            surveillance data in CDI explanation; 92
      overseas brief; 228–229, 338, 442
      surveillance in Victoria, 2004; 71–76
      vaccination
            Australian recommendation for 2005 season; 61
      See also: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network

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; 441
      surveillance report; 48, 103, 207
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

K

Kunjin virus infection
      surveillance report; 47
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Kuru
      epidemiology in the period 1987 to 1995; 391–399

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Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme
      annual report, 2003; 56–57
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 93
      tables; 110–112, 216–218, 325–327, 427–429

LabVISE
      See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme

Legionellosis
      surveillance report; 52–54, 209, 419
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Leprosy
      surveillance report; 54
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Leptospirosis
      surveillance report; 50–51
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Listeriosis
      surveillance report; 27
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Lyssavirus
      See: Rabies

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Malaria
      National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
      annual report, 2004-05; 341–357
      overseas brief; 229
      surveillance report; 48–49, 208
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Marburg haemorrhagic fever
      overseas brief; 226, 337

Measles
      outbreak in Adelaide; 80–82
      surveillance report; 40–41, 102
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Meningococcal infection
      Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
            annual report, 2004; 150–159
            quarterly surveillance report; 222, 332, 430–431
      overseas brief; 121, 337
      probable transmission during an international flight; 312–314
      surveillance report; 54–56, 103, 209, 318, 419–420
      vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania; 160–164
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Mosquitoes
      Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus - a dengue threat for southern Australia?; 296–298
      genetic diversity of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring; 299–304

Mumps
      overseas brief; 122
      surveillance report; 41, 318, 419
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Murray Valley encephalitis virus
      surveillance report; 47, 208
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Mycobacterium
      See: Tuberculosis

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National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
      See: Arbovirus infection

National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee annual report 2004–05; 341–352

National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research
      See: HIV and AIDS

National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
      quarterly surveillance report; 118–119, 224–225, 334–335, 437–438
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 93–94
      See also: Salmonellosis

National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
      See: Influenza

National Mycobacterial Surveillance Scheme
      See: Tuberculosis

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
      annual report, 2003; 1–61
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 90–91
      tables; 104–109, 210–215, 319–324, 421–426
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance

National Q Fever Management Program
      See: Q fever

National Serology Reference Laboratory
      workshop announcement; 100

Neisseria gonorrhoeae
      See: Gonococcal infection

Neisseria meningitdis
      See: Meningococcal infection

Norovirus
      epidemic viral gastroenteritis in Queensland coincides with the emergence of a new norovirus variant; 370–373

Norwalk virus
      See: Norovirus

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

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Ornithosis
      surveillance report; 51–52, 103
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Outbreak
      epidemiological features and control of an outbreak of scarlet fever in a Perth primary school; 386–390
      investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hvittingfoss using a web-based case reporting form; 379–381
      measles in Adelaide; 80–82
      Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated; 374–378
      Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U307 associated with a restaurant; 83–84

Overseas briefs; 120–123, 226–229, 336–339, 439–442

OzFoodNet
      annual report, 2004; 165–192
      quarterly surveillance report; 85–88, 198–201, 308–311, 382–385
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 94

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Pericarditis
      due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant; 77–79

Pertussis
      Guidelines for Control of; 197
      surveillance report; 41–42, 102, 318, 419
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Plague
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Plasmodium spp.
      See: Malaria

Pneumococcal disease
      and influenza vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria; 283–288
      surveillance report; 42–43
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Poliomyelitis
      Australian National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory
      annual report; 263–268
      overseas brief; 120, 336, 439, 441–442
      surveillance report; 43
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Public Health Laboratory Network
      Guidelines for the use and interpretation of nucleic acid detection tests for Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia; 358–365

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Q fever
      surveillance report; 52, 103
      vaccine uptake in South Australian meat processors prior to the introduction of the National Q Fever Management Program; 400–406
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Quarantinable diseases
      surveillance report; 31, 207, 317
      See also: Cholera; plague; rabies; smallpox; tularemia; viral haemorrhagic fever; yellow fever
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Rabies
      Australian bat lyssavirus
            defining the risk of human exposure to through potential non-bat animal infection; 202–205
      overseas brief; 121
      surveillance report; 50
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Ross River virus infection
      incidence of disease in South Australia, 1992 to 2003; 291–296
      surveillance report; 46–47
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Rubella
      congenital
            surveillance report; 419
      surveillance report; 43–44
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Salmonella
      See: Salmonellosis

Salmonellosis
      outbreaks
            investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Hvittingfoss using a web-based case reporting form; 379–381
            Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated; 374–378
            Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U307 associated with a restaurant; 83–84
            See also: OzFoodNet
      surveillance report; 28–29
      See also: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

SARS
      See: Severe acute respiratory syndrome

Scarlet fever
      epidemiological features and control of an outbreak in a Perth primary school; 386–390

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Program
      annual report, July 2003 to June 2004; 65–70
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 92

Serology
      Kunjin virus
            See: Kunjin virus infection
      Murray Valley encephalitis virus
            See: Murray Valley encephalitis virus
      See: Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme

Severe acute respiratory syndrome
      biothreat preparedness - a survey of ACT general practitioners; 277–282
      surveillance report; 31

Sexually transmissible infections
      surveillance report; 31–39, 318, 418
      See also: Chlamydial infection; gonococcal infection; syphilis
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli /verotoxin producing E. coli
      cluster of cases of haemolytic uraemic syndrome in north Queensland associated with a novel Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli193–197
      surveillance of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli in Australia; 366–369
      surveillance report; 30, 317, 418

Shigellosis
      surveillance report; 30, 317, 418
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

SLTEC
      See: Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli/verotoxin producing E. coli

Smallpox
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Streptococcus pneumoniae
      a preventable illness? Purulent pericarditis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae complicated by haemolytic uraemic syndrome in an infant; 77–79

Streptococcus suis
      overseas brief; 441

Syphilis
      congenital
            surveillance report; 38
      surveillance report; 37–38
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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Tetanus
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

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

Tularemia
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Typhoid
      overseas brief; 123
      surveillance report; 30–31
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Typhus, scrub
      surveillance report; 208

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Vaccination
      See: Immunisation
      See also: Childhood immunisation coverage

Vaccine
      influenza and pneumococcal coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria; 283–288
      meningococcal vaccine failure in conjunction with an unusual meningococcal cluster in southern Tasmania; 160–164
      Q fever vaccine uptake in South Australian meat processors prior to the introduction of the National Q Fever Management Program; 400–406

Vaccine preventable diseases
      surveillance report; 39–44, 102, 207, 318, 418–419
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables
See also: Diphtheria; Haemophilus influenzae type b; influenza; measles; mumps; pertussis; pneumococcal disease; p oliomyelitis; rubella

Vectorborne diseases
      surveillance report; 45–49, 103, 207–208
      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

Vibrio vulnificus cellulitis
      secondary septicaemia; 305–307

Viral haemorrhagic fever
      overseas brief
            Ebola haemorrhagic fever; 337
            Marburg haemorrhagic fever; 226, 337
      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

World Health Organization
      gonococcal in the Western Pacific Region
            See: Gonococcal infection

Y

Yellow fever
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

Z

Zoonoses
      surveillance report; 49–52, 103, 208
      See also: Anthrax; Australian bat lyssavirus; brucellosis; leptospirosis; ornithosis; Q fever
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance: tables

 

This index was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Vol 29 No 4, December 2005.

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