Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual report, 2015

Authors

  • Marie Deverell Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Amy Phu Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Yvonne A Zurynski Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Elizabeth J Elliott Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, New South Wales; Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales; Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network (Westmead), Westmead, New South Wales

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2017.41.22

Keywords:

surveillance, paediatric communicable diseases

Abstract

The APSU conducts national active surveillance of uncommon diseases of childhood including selected communicable diseases. This annual report provides an update on the surveillance conducted by the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) during the period January to December 2015.

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01/06/17

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Deverell, Marie, Amy Phu, Yvonne A Zurynski, and Elizabeth J Elliott. 2017. “Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Annual Report, 2015”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 41 (June):170-74. https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2017.41.22.

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Vol. 41 (2017)

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Annual report

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