Meningococcal disease in Australia: 1997 and beyond

Authors

  • Bronwen M Harvey National Centre for Disease Control, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.30

Keywords:

meningococcal disease, surveillance data

Abstract

This article contains a review of the 1997 meningococcal data from the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System and reminds readers of the importance of early diagnosis and treatment in the management of meningococcal disease in Australia.

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References

Curran M, Harvey B, Crerar C, Oliver O et al. Australia's notifiable diseases status, 1996. Commun Dis Intell 1997;21:281-307.

Patel M. Meningococcal disease in Australia: looking at the past, thinking of the future. Commun Dis Intell 1997;21:233-236.

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme. Annual Report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 1997. Commun Dis Intell 1998; (in press).

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme. Annual Report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 1997. Commun Dis Intell 1997;21:217-221.

National Health and Medical Research Council. Guidelines for the control of meningococcal disease in Australia. AGPS, Canberra, 1997.

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Published

09/07/98

How to Cite

Harvey, Bronwen M. 1998. “Meningococcal Disease in Australia: 1997 and Beyond”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 22 (July):134-35. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.1998.22.30.

Issue

Vol. 22 (1998)

Section

Short report

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