Communicable Diseases Intelligence volume 21 issue 6 - 20 March 1997-whole issue

Abstract

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Contents

Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae in Perth teaching hospitals, 1990 to 1994
NHMRC recommendations on pneumococcal vaccination
New Australian immunisation guidelines
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: focus topic (salmonellosis)
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables, 19 February to 4 March 1997
HIV and AIDS surveillance, reporting period 1 to 31 October 1996, assessed as at 31 January 1997
Serious adverse events following vaccination surveillance scheme, reporting period 24 November 1996 to 4 March 1997
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme tables, 13 to 26 February 1997
Overseas briefs Ebola haemorrhagic fever, meningitis, yellow fever, O’nyong-nyong fever)