Communicable Diseases Intelligence volume 9 issue 7 - 5 April 1985 - whole issue

Abstract

Whole-issue pdf, comprising:

Virus Reporting Scheme

Notice to readers
New CDI Editor - Dr Ian Cook

Article
Protective evaluation of health-care workers exposed via the parenteral or mucous-membrane route to blood or body fluids from patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome [AIDS] - United States

Notice of publication
New publication from the NH&MRC - "Infection control guidelines - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and conditions which may be related to it"

Article
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) statistics [Australia, UK, Europe and USA]
Aspergillus serology - detection of antibody to several species [Perth, W.A.] Erratum from CDI 85/10, page 9 - In the table, ""the A. fumigatus negative, at least one other species positive" result should read 191/688 (28%)". [end]
Outbreak of Salmonella typhimurium Phage type 135 in New South Wales
Arbovirus activity along the South Coast of New South Wales (1981 - 1984)

Conference notification
International seminar on "Dengue Haemorrhagic fever in the Americas", Puerto Rico, June 1985.

Australia - Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Reporting Period 14/03/1985 - 27/03/1985