Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2025

Authors

  • Monica M Lahra The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for STI and AMR and Neisseria Reference Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
  • Tiffany R Hogan The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for STI and AMR and Neisseria Reference Laboratory, NSW Health Pathology, Microbiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.045

Keywords:

antimicrobial resistance, disease surveillance, invasive meningococcal disease, Neisseria meningitidis

Abstract

Data contained in quarterly reports are restricted to a description of case numbers of IMD by jurisdiction and serogroup, where known and expanded in 2024 to include antimicrobial resistance data for ceftriaxone, penicillin, ciprofloxacin and rifampicin. A full analysis of laboratory confirmations of IMD in each calendar year are contained in the AMSP annual reports.

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References

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA). Invasive Meningococcal Disease: CDNA National Guidelines for Public Health Units. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care; 4 July 2017. Available from: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/invasive-meningococcal-disease-cdna-national-guidelines-for-public-health-units.

Lahra MM, Hurley SM, George RCR, van Hal SJ, Hogan TR. Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2024. Commun Dis Intell (2018). (In press.)

Lahra MM and Hogan TR. Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2019. Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2020:46. doi: https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.62.

Lahra MM, George RCR, van Hal SJ, Hogan TR. Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2022. Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2023:47. doi: https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.44.

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Published

30/07/25

How to Cite

Lahra, Monica M, and Tiffany R Hogan. 2025. “Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting Period 1 January to 31 March 2025”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 49 (July). https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.045.

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Vol. 49 (2025)

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Quarterly report

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