Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report volume 41 issue 4 - December 2017 - whole issue

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Contents
Original Articles
An outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen after consuming sea turtle, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017.

Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection

Diagnostic testing in influenza and pertussis related paediatric intensive care unit admissions,Queensland, Australia, 1997-2013

Short reports
Children with melioidosis in Far North Queensland are commonly bacteraemic and have a high case fatality rate

Policy and guidelines
Position statement on interferon-γ release assays for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection

Annual reports
Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2016: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)

Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2010

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2016

Annual Report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2009

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2016

Quarterly reports
Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 January to 31 March 2017

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 April to 30 June 2017

The Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, 1 January to 31 March 2017

OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2015

OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 July to 30 September 2015

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 April to 30 June 2017

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 July to 30 September 2017

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 October to 31 December 2017