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Letters to the Editor

A comparison of post-COVID vaccine myocarditis classification using the Brighton Collaboration criteria versus (United States) Centers for Disease Control criteria: an update

Kevin M Slater, Jim P Buttery, Nigel W Crawford, Daryl R Cheng || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.18 || Published online: 28/03/2024
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Original articles

Australian vaccine preventable disease epidemiological review series: Hepatitis B, 2000–2019

Nicole Sonneveld, Joanne Jackson, Aditi Dey, Stephen Lambert, Katrina Clark, Benjamin Cowie, Kristine Macartney, Frank Beard || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.44 || Published online: 24/06/2024
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Pertussis notifications decline in Australia during COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions, 2020–2021

Saskia van der Kooi, Frank Beard, Aditi Dey, Peter McIntyre, Chrissy Imai, Janaki Amin ||https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.24 || Published online: 24/06/2024
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Epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in Central Queensland, Australia

Emma Gale, Nicolas Smoll, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Jacina Walker, Michael Kirk, Sunday Pam, Robert Menzies, Gulam Khandaker || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.45 || Published online: 24/06/2024
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Outbreak reports

Investigation and response to an outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup Y ST-1466 urogenital infections, Australia

MM Lahra, NH Latham, DJ Templeton, P Read, C Carmody, N Ryder, SE Ellis, EF Madden, A Parasuraman, J Wells, V Sheppeard, BH Armstrong, J Holland, S Pendle, N Sherry, L Leong, L Papanicolas, CE Selvey, SJ Van Hal || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.20 || Published online: 10/04/2024
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The first confirmed outbreak of chikungunya reported in Timor-Leste, 2024

Filipe de Neri Machado, Anthony DK Draper, Anferida Monteiro Fernandes, Frederico Bosco Alves dos Santos, Marcelo Amaral Mali, Ari J Pereira Tilman, Endang Soares da Silva, Elizabeth Hornay, Antonio Salles de Sousa, Tessa Oakley, Edinha da Cruz, Nevio Sarmento, Maria AV Niha, Ana Fatima Soares, Eva Estrelita Cardoso Gomes, Jose de Deus Alves, Jose Paulo Soares, Joshua R Francis, Jennifer Yan, Merita Antonio Monteiro || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.17 || Published online: 10/04/2024
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A brief description of the epidemiology of dengue in Dili, Timor-Leste, 2018–2022

Filipe de Neri Machado, Anthony DK Draper, Frederico Bosco Alves dos Santos, Marcelo Amaral Mali, Ari J Pereira Tilman, Endang Soares da Silva, Noel Gama Soares, Nevio Sarmento, Maria AV Niha, Ana Fatima Soares, Abdoulie Taal, Joshua R Francis, Jennifer Yan, Megge Miller, James Flint || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.16 || Published online: 10/04/2024
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Case reports

A severe case of swimmer’s itch in Victoria, Australia with bullous eruption

Michael Sangiorgio, Karen Liu, Lachlan Lau, Charlotte Krones, Adrian Tramontana, James Molton, Alex Nirenberg || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.8 || Published online: 10/04/2024
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Annual reports

Surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia annual report, 2021

Catherine Glover, Lucy Deng, Claire Larter, Catherine Brogan, Olivia Richardson, Yuanfei Anny Huang, Elspeth Kay, Kristine Macartney and Nicholas Wood || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.1 || Published online: 24/06/2024
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Surveillance of adverse effects following immunisation in Australia, COVID-19 vaccines, 2021

Catherine Glover, Lucy Deng, Claire Larter, Catherine Brogan, Olivia Richardson, Yuanfei Anny Huang, Elspeth Kay, Kristine Macartney and Nicholas Wood || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.2 ||Published online: 24/06/2024
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Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program Annual Report, 2022

Celeste M Donato, Susie Roczo-Farkas, Sarah Thomas, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, Eleanor A Lyons, Julie E Bines and the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.27 || Published online: 24/06/2024
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Quarterly reports

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2023

Monica M Lahra and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.23 || Published online: 13/05/2024
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Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2023

Monica M Lahra and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.22 || Published online: 13/05/2024
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Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2023

Monica M Lahra, Prashanthi Sai Krishnan and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.21 || Published online: 13/05/2024
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 October to 31 December 2023

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan Van Hal and Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.15 || Published online: 13/05/2024
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2023

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan Van Hal and Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.14 || Published online: 28/03/2024
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 April to 30 June 2023

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan Van Hal and Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.13 || Published online: 28/03/2024
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2023

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan Van Hal and Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.12 || Published online: 28/03/2024
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Editorial team

The editorial team consists of the editor, deputy editor, and a designer. The editorial team is supported by an Editorial Advisory Board (EAB). Details of the EAB's then-current composition can be found within any article published in CDI during this year. The EAB's present-day composition, and a description of the role of the EAB, is detailed on CDI's front page.

Editor: Christina Bareja
Deputy Editor: Simon Petrie
Design and Production: Lisa Thompson
Web Content Migration: Dorothy Kass


Correspondence

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ISSN

ISSN: 2209-6051 (Online)


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