Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report volume 29 issue 3 September 2005-whole issue

Abstract

The erratum included in this whole-issue pdf refers to errors in the report "Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2003" published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence 2004;28 (4):441-454. These errors have been corrected in the downloadable pdfs for the article and for the relevant whole issue. No further amendments to those pdfs are advised.

Contents

An evaluation of the Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network (ASPREN) surveillance for influenza-like illness
Annual report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2004
Annual report of the Australia National Poliovirus Reference Laboratory, 2004
Creutzfeld-Jakob disease: Australian surveillance update to 31 December 2004
A comparison of a rapid test for influenza with laboratory-based diagnosis in a paediatric population
SARS and biothreat preparedness – a survey of ACT general practitioners
Influenza and pneumococcal vaccine coverage among a random sample of hospitalised persons aged 65 years or more, Victoria
Estimates of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the Northern Territory
The incidence of Ross River virus disease infection in South Australia, 1992 to 2003
Aedes (Stegomia) albopictus – a dengue threat for southern Australia?
Genetic diversity of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in Australia and implications for future surveillance and mainland incursion monitoring
Erratum: Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia, 2003
Septicaemia secondary to Vibrio vulnificus cellulitis
OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: quarterly report, April to June 2005
Meningococcal disease – probable transmission during an international flight
A report from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia: 1 April to 30 June 2005
Communicable Diseases Surveillance: Highlights for 2nd quarter, 2005 (gastrointestinal illnesses, quarantinable diseases, sexually transmissible infections, vaccine preventable diseases, other bacterial infections)
National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables, 1 April to 30 June 2005
Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme tables, 1 April to 30 June 2005
Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2005 (cumulation of year to date)
Australian childhood immunisation coverage, 1 January to 31 March 2005 cohort, assessed as at 30 June 2005
Gonococcal surveillance, reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2005
Meningococcal surveillance, reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2005
HIV and AIDS surveillance, reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2005, assessed as at 30 June 2005
National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System, reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2005
Overseas brief, reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2005 (poliomyelitis, avian influenza, Marburg haemorrhagic fever, Ebola haemorrhagic fever, meningococcal disease, Clostridium difficile - increased virulence, influenza B, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease)