Communicable Diseases Intelligence volume 4 issue 25 - 19 December 1980 - whole issue

Abstract

Whole-issue pdf, comprising:

Article
Danger from pink elephants. [Perth, W.A.] "A woman has contracted gastro-enteritis after consuming a drink into which water from a frozen pink plastic elephant had leaked." [continued...]

Virus Reporting Scheme

Article
The effect of an endemic of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphyloccocus aureus on a management programme for chronic renal failure. [Melbourne, Vic.]
Gastro-enteritis on Norfolk Island. [follow up to article in CDI 80/19 pages 2-3]
Giardiasis - South Australia. [minor correction to the article "Giardiasis" in CDI 80/23 pages 2-4 ]
Campylobacter in the newborn. [Victoria]
Smallpox vaccination. [brief notification re certificates of vaccination required for three countries]

Erratum
CDI 80/22, page 10 - In the article "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureu", where "only one was sensitive to rifampicin" the line should read "only one was resistant to rifampicin"." [end]
CDI 80/23, page 5 - In the article 'Leptospirosis - UK', a serogroup was misspelled. The correct taxonomy is the Hebdomadis serogroup.

Australia - Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Reporting Period - 27/11/1980 to 10/12/1980 Bulletin Number 80/25

Notifiable Diseases reported in Australia
11th 4 Weekly Period for 1980
04/10/1980 to 31/10/1980 inclusive

Subject Index 1980

Australia - Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Reporting Period - ? to ? Bulletin Number ?
[Four (4) pages of statistics numbered 1-2 and 1-2 with no reporting period or Bulletin Number. Possible duplication or amendment of 80/25]