Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report volume 36 issue 1 March 2012-whole issue

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Contents
Australia’s notifiable disease status, 2010: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
Arboviral diseases and malaria in Australia, 2009–10: Annual report of the National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee
Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2008 and 2009
Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific and South East Asian Regions, 2010
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a kebab takeaway shop
Imported malaria in the Northern Territory, Australia – 428 consecutive cases
Supplementary report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation among children aged less than seven years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2011
Surveillance systems reported in CDI, 2012
Position statement on interferon-γ release assays in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables, 1 October to 31 December 2011
Australian childhood immunisation coverage, 1 July to 30 September 2011 cohort, assessed as at 31 December 2011
Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2011
Gonococcal surveillance, reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2011
HIV and AIDS surveillance, 1 January to 31 March 2011
Communicable Diseases Intelligence instructions for authors