Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report volume 40 issue 2 - June 2016 - whole issue

Abstract

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Contents
Original article
An evaluation of the use of short message service during an avian influenza outbreak on a poultry farm in Young

Short reports
Q fever and contact with kangaroos in New South Wales

Estimates of influenza vaccine coverage from Victorian surveillance systems based in the community, primary care and hospitals

Annual reports
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to December 2014

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual report, 2014

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2014

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Australian Enterobacteriaceae Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2014

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Australian Enterococcal Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2014

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Australian Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2014

Australian trachoma surveillance annual report, 2013

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2011 and 2012

Policy and guidelines

Revised surveillance case definitions: Brucellosis and Flavivirus infection (unspecified) including Zika virus case definition

New surveillance case definition: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Quarterly reports
OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2014

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 January to 31 March 2016

Australian childhood immunisation coverage, October to September cohort, assessed as at 31 December 2015

Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, 1 January to 31 March 2016

Invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance, 1 January to 31 March 2016