Communicable Diseases Intelligence volume 21 issue 12 - 12 June 1997-whole issue

Abstract

Disclaimer: This whole-issue PDF contains one or more 'Policy and Guidelines' items on p. 165, as originally published. The views expressed in each such item are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Communicable Diseases Intelligence journal or the Australian Centre for Disease Control. While each 'Policy and Guidelines' item was drafted with consideration to the then-available information on the condition(s) addressed within, it may not be complete and may not represent the currently understood best practice for the referenced condition(s). Readers are advised to refer to the most recent guidance on this matter, where such guidance exists and where its authoritativeness can be established. The guidelines contained within this whole-issue PDF do not replace the need for clinical judgment to be exercised for each individual circumstance, nor the necessity for expert advice to be obtained as appropriate.  

Contents

Infections with Corynebacterium diphtheriae - changing epidemiology and clinical manifestations: Report of the third international meeting of the European Laboratory Working Group on Diphtheria (ELWGD), Institut Pasteur, Paris 7 - 8 June 1996
Diphtheria - the Australian perspective
National Health and Medical Research Council recommendations on diphtheria vaccination
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: focus topic (shigellosis)
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables, 14 to 27 May 1997
National influenza surveillance 1997 (year to date)
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network report tables, week 20, 1997
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme tables, 8 to 21 May 1997
Overseas briefs (anthrax)