Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual report, 2013

Authors

  • Marie Deverell Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales
  • Yvonne A Zurynski Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales
  • Elizabeth J Elliott Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, New South Wales; Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Randwick and Westmead), New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2014.38.55

Keywords:

paediatric surveillance, paediatric communicable diseases

Abstract

The APSU has facilitated national surveillance since 1993 and provides data on a number of uncommon childhood diseases including selected communicable diseases. This report provides data on the following conditions; acute flaccid paralysis, congenital cytomegalovirus, congenital rubella (with defects), perinatal exposure to HIV and HIV infection, neonatal herpes simplex virus infection, congenital varicella, neonatal varicella, severe complications of varicella, juvenile onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis and severe complications of influenza during the reporting period January to December 2013.

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Published

01/12/14

How to Cite

Deverell, Marie, Yvonne A Zurynski, and Elizabeth J Elliott. 2014. “Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Annual Report, 2013”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 38 (December):343-47. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2014.38.55.

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Vol. 38 (2014)

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Annual report

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