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2003 Subject index for Communicable Diseases Intelligence - Volume 27

This page contains an index by subject of articles that were published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence during 2003.

Subject index, 2003

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A

ACIR
      See: Childhood immunisation coverage

Acute flaccid paralysis
      See: Poliomyelitis

Adverse effects following immunisation, surveillance: Australia, 2000-2002; 307-323

AIDS
      See: HIV and AIDS

Annual report
      See individual surveillance programs

Anthrax
      overseas briefs; 431
      surveillance reports; 65
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Antibiotic
      resistance
            gonococcal; 189-193
            meningococcal; 201
            overseas brief; 577
     surveillance report; 72
      susceptibility
            ceftriaxone; 192
            quinolone; 192-193
            penicillin; 191-192
            tetracycline resistant Neiserria gonorrhoeae; 193
            tuberculosis; 176, 462

Antimicrobial resistance surveillance
      strategy, Australia; 435-448
      editorial; 433-434

Arbovirus infection
      surveillance report; 53-61
      See also: Barmah Forest virus, Kunjin virus infection, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, Murray Valley encephalitis, Ross River virus

Arbovirus and malaria website; 434

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 Programme

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
      annual report; 189-195
      quarterly surveillance report; 147, 420-421, 566-567
      See also: Gonococcal infection

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme
      annual report 2002; 196-208

Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network
      annual report 2002; 459-465

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

Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory
      bi-annual report July to December; 352-356
      surveillance report; 50-51
      See also: Poliomyelitis

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
      bi-annual report 1 Jan-30 June 2003; 524-525
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 128-129
      surveillance report; 298-299

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program
      annual report 2002-03; 492-495

Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network; 123-124
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 125-126
      report; 146, 298, 419, 565

Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation; 277-279

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

Avian influenza
      See: influenza

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Barmah Forest virus
      surveillance report; 53-56, 407-408, 554
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

BCG
      See: Tuberculosis

Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health; 391-393

Bioterrorism
      possible response; 73

Bird mites infestation in Wollongong; 259-261
      letter to the Editor; 394-395

Bloodborne disease
      surveillance report; 25-31, 551
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS

Botulism
      surveillance report; 31
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Brucellosis
      surveillance report; 61
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Campylobacter
      See: Campylobacteriosis

Campylobacteriosis
      outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection among conference delegates; 380-383
      overseas briefs; 158
      surveillance report; 32, 405
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chlamydia
      See: Chlamydial infection

Chlamydial infection
      and gonorrhoea and syphilis incidence in the Kimberley; 370-372
      and Listeria and Yersinia, study of foodborne pathogens in faeces of slaughter-age cattle and sheep in Australia; 249-257
      assessment of the Roche Amplicor Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiplex PCR assay in routine diagnostic use; 373-379
      surveillance report; 39-41, 286
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Chickenpox
      See: Varicella

Childhood immunisation coverage
      estimating immunisation coverage: is the 'third dose assumption' still valid?; 357-361
      surveillance of adverse effects following immunisation: Australia, 2000-2002; 307-323
      surveillance reports; 52, 150-152, 301-303, 423-425, 569-570

Cholera
      overseas briefs; 428-429, 573
      surveillance report; 38
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Communicable Diseases Intelligence
      editorial; 161-162, 433
      letter to the editor
            human infestation with bird mites in Wollongong; 394-395
            varicella surveillance: simpler than you think; 100-101
      readership survey; 280-283
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 125-132

Communicable diseases surveillance
      annual report
            See: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
            See also: individual surveillance schemes
      report; 133-154, 285-305, 403-427, 551-564
      tables; 16-24, 137-142, 289-294, 410-415, 556-561

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
      overseas briefs; 578
      surveillance report; 73
      variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
      overseas briefs; 157, 578

Cryptosporidiosis
      outbreak associated with an animal nursery at a regional fair; 244-249
      surveillance report; 32-33
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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D

Dengue
      in north Queensland, 2002; 384-389
      surveillance report; 58-59, 287, 407, 554
      overseas briefs; 155, 430, 573
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Diphtheria
      surveillance report; 46
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Donovanosis
      surveillance report; 41-42
      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

Esherichia coli
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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

Foodborne disease
      OzFoodNet
            See also: Salmonellosis

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Gastroenteritis
      See: Gastrointestinal diseases

Gastrointestinal diseases
      surveillance report; 31-39, 133-134, 285-286, 551-552
      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
      and Chlamydia and syphilis incidence in the Kimberley; 370-372
      assessment of the Roche Amplicor Chlamydia trachomatis/Neisseria gonorrhoeae multiplex PCR assay in routine diagnostic use; 373-379
      Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme
            annual report, 2002; 189-195
            quarterly surveillance report; 147, 420-421, 566-567
            surveillance data in CDI explanation; 128
            surveillance report; 42-44, 286
            WHO Western Pacific Region
                  annual report 2002; 488-491
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Gonorrhoea
      See: Gonococcal infection

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Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
      surveillance report; 38
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemophilus influenzae type b
      elimination: evaluation of prevention in Australia, 1 July 1993 to 30 June 2000; 324-341
      surveillance report; 46-47
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Haemorrhagic fever
      See: viral haemorrhagic fever

Hepatitis A
      overseas briefs; 158
      surveillance report; 33-34, 134, 405-406, 552
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis B
      surveillance report; 25-27, 551
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis C
      overseas briefs; 158
      surveillance report; 27-29
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis D
      surveillance report; 31
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Hepatitis E
      surveillance report; 34
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

HIV and AIDS
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 126
      surveillance report; 148-149, 299-300, 421-422, 567-568

Human pituitary hormone
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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I

Immunisation
      childhood immunisation coverage
            See: Childhood immunisation coverage
      National Committee; 548-550

Influenza
      ASPREN data
            See: Australian Sentinel Practitioner Research Network
      avian
            overseas briefs; 431, 574-575
      laboratory-confirmed
            surveillance reports; 47, 406-407, 553-554
      LabVISE data
            See: Virology and Serology LaboratoryReporting Scheme
      National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
            annual report; 162-172
            surveillance data in CDI explanation; 128
      surveillance for neuraminidase inhibitor resistance in human influenza viruses
      from Australia; 542-547
      vaccine, uptake among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island adults in north Queensland, 2002;102-104
      vaccination
      composition of vaccine for for 2003 season; 78
      composition of vaccine for 2004 season; 523
      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; 58
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

K

Kunjin virus infection
      surveillance report; 56-58, 287
      See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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L

Legionellosis
      surveillance report; 65-67
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Leprosy
      surveillance report; 67

Leptospirosis
      surveillance report; 62
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Listeriosis
      and Campylobacter and Yersinia, study of foodborne pathogens in faeces of slaughter-age cattle and sheep in Australia; 249-257
      surveillance report; 34-35, 286
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Lyssavirus
      See: Rabies

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Malaria and Arbovirus website; 434
      overseas briefs; 158-159
      surveillance report; 59-61, 134
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Measles
      overseas briefs; 576-577
      surveillance report; 48, 406, 552-553
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Melioidosis
      in northern Australia, 2001-02; 272-277

Meningococcal infections
      Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2002; 196-208
      Editorial: National Meningococcal C Vaccination Program; 161-162
      overseas briefs; 155
      surveillance of invasive disease in Queensland, 2002; 342-351
      surveillance report; 67-69, 408, 555
      using national guidelines to manage group C outbreak; 520-523
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Monkeypox
      overseas briefs; 429-430

Mosquitos
      rainfall and vector mosquito numbers as risk factors for mosquito-borne disease in Central Australia; 110-116
      variability of larval identification characters of exotic Aedes albopictus, Darwin; 105-109

Mumps
      and rubella surveillance in Victoria, 1993 to 2000; 94-99
      surveillance report; 49
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Murray Valley encephalitis virus
      surveillance report; 56-58
      See also: Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Mycobacterium
      See: Tuberculosis

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National Arbovirus Advisory Committee
      See: Arbovirus

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

National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 129
      surveillance reports; 153-154, 303-305, 426-427, 571-572

National immunisation committee; 548-550

National Influenza Surveillance Scheme
      See: Influenza

National Mycobacterial Surveillance System
      See: Tuberculosis

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
      annual report, 2001; 1-78
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 125
      tables; 16-24, 137-142, 289-294, 410-415, 556-561
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance

National Rotavirus Reference Centre
      See: Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program

Neisseria gonorrhoea
      See: Gonococcal infection

Neisseria meningitidis
      See: Meningococcal infection

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

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O

Opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed patients in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory, prevention; 526-532

Ornithosis
      surveillance report; 63
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Outbreak
      Campylobacter jejuni; 380-383
      dengue; 384-389
      meningococcal; 520-523
      Salmonella Potsdam; 508-512
      Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135a; 257-259
      Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 99; 389-390
      Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U290; 514-516
      Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia; 517-519

Overseas briefs; 155-159, 428-431, 573-578

OzFoodNet
      annual report, 2002; 209-243
      quarterly surveillance report; 89-93, 504-507
      surveillance report; 403-406

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Pertussis
      surveillance report; 49, 286-287, 553
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Photorhabdus asymbiotica in cases of human infection; 540-541

Plague
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Plasmodium spp.
      See: Malaria

Pneumococcal disease
      annual report 2002, 466-477
      laboratory annual report 2001-2002; 478-487
      assessment of implementation of conjugate vaccination program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait infants in north Queensland; 262-266
      current status and future challenges, in Australia; 79-88
      invasive disease among children in Victoria; 362-366
      surveillance report; 50
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Poliomyelitis
      Australian National Polio Reference Laboratory annual report, 2002; 352-356
      surveillance report; 50-51
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Q

Q fever
      prevalence of markers of exposure in the Kimberley, Western Australia; 267-271
      surveillance report; 64, 287-288, 554
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Quarantinable diseases
      surveillance report; 38-39
      See also: Cholera, plague, yellow fever

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Rabies
      Australian bat lyssavirus
      surveillance report; 64
      human lyssavirus death
      overseas briefs; 157
      surveillance report; 38
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Respiratory syncytial virus; 117-122

Ross River virus
      surveillance report; 53-56, 135, 407-408
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Rotavirus
      annual report 2002-03; 492-495
      surveillance of viral pathogens in Australia; 496-503

Rubella
      and mumps surveillance in Victoria, 1993 to 2000; 94-99
      congenital, resurgence in Australia, 533-536
      in Australia; can we explain two recent cases of congenital rubella syndrome?; 537-540
      surveillance report; 51
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Salmonellosis
      National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
            See: National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System
      outbreak of Salmonella Potsdam associated with salad dressing at a restaurant; 508-512
      outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 4 linked to cold set cheesecake; 513-514
      outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135a in a child care centre; 257-259
      outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 99 linked to contaminated bakery piping bags; 389-390
      outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type U290 linked to a bakery; 514-516
      surveillance report; 35-37, 133-134, 285, 404, 551
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables
      See also: OzFoodNet

SARS
      See: severe acute respiratory syndrome

Sentinel Chicken Surveillance Programme
      annual report July 2002 to June 2003; 367-369
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 127

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; 39-45, 286
      See also: Chlamydial infection; communicable diseases surveillance tables, donovanosis, gonococcal infection, syphilis

Severe acute respiratory syndrome
      overseas briefs; 428, 575-576

Shiga-like toxin and verotoxin producing E. coli infections
      investigation of two clusters in South Australia; 517-519
      surveillance report; 38
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Shigellosis
      surveillance report; 37
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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

Smallpox
      overseas briefs; 431

Staphylococcus aureus
      overseas briefs; 156-157

Surveillance
      See: Communicable Diseases Surveillance

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

Syphilis
      and Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea incidence in the Kimberley; 370-372
      surveillance report; 44-45
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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Tetanus
      surveillance report; 52
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
      See: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Tuberculosis
      annual report laboratory, 2001; 173-180
      annual report laboratory, 2002; 459-465
      annual report notifications, 2002; 449-458
      national atypical mycobacteria survey, 2000; 180-189
      overseas briefs; 156
      surveillance report; 69, 135
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Typhoid
      overseas briefs; 429
      surveillance report; 38
      See also: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

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U - V

Vaccination
      See: Childhood Immunisation coverage

Vaccine preventable diseases
      surveillance report; 46-52, 286-287, 406-407
      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: simpler than you think. Letter to the Editor; 100-101

Vectorborne diseases
      surveillance report; 53-61, 135, 287-288, 407-408
      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

Viral pathogens surveillance
      respiratory syncytial virus; 117-122

Virology and Serology Laboratory Reporting Scheme
      data tables; 143-145, 295-297, 416-418
      surveillance data in CDI explanation; 128
      surveillance report; 69-72, 136

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

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W

West Nile fever
      overseas briefs; 155

World Health Organization
      gonococcal West Pacific Region;
      See: Gonococcal infection

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X - Y

Yellow fever
      See: Communicable diseases surveillance tables

Yersiniosis
      and Campylobacter and Listeria, study of foodborne pathogens in faeces of slaughter-age cattle and sheep in Australia; 249-257

Z

Zoonoses
      surveillance report; 61-65
      See also: Anthrax, brucellosis, leptospirosis, Q fever

Zoster
      See: Varicella