Errata: Communicable Diseases Surveillance Highlights; Australia’s notifiable disease status, 2005; Bordetella pertussis PCR positivity, following onset of illness in children under 5 years of age.

Abstract

This page contains corrections to previous issues as follows:

Figures 2 and 3 published in the Communicable Diseases Surveillance Highlights in CDI Vol. 31, issue 3 (2007) p. 320 were incorrect. The correct figures are published in this document.

The report Australia's notifiable disease status, 2005: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System published in CDI Vol. 31, issue 1 (2007) p. 69 contained an error in the table at Appendix 3. Completeness of National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System data received.
While Western Australia aim for 100% completeness of data on indigenous status, the correct figure for 2005 was actually 70%.

The article on Bordetella pertussis published in CDI Vol. 31, issue 2 (2007) p. 202–205) contained an error. There was an inconsistency in the figure heading and the X axis title for Figure 4. The corrected figure is reproduced in this document.