Communicable Diseases Intelligence

About the Journal

Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, within the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. The journal aims to disseminate information on the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases of relevance to Australia and the near region.

Current Issue

Vol. 49 (2025)

Published: 06/02/25

Original article

Emergence of locally acquired Japanese encephalitis virus in Australia, January 2021–June 2022: a national case series

Amanda Reyes Veliz, Stacy Kane, Anna Glynn-Robinson
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The detection of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in the Murray region, New South Wales: a public health investigation

Gamuchirai M Shava, Katherine Todd, Tracey Oakman, Saifur Rahman, Linda Hueston, Keira Glasgow, April Roberts-Witteveen
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Rare urban-acquired human leptospirosis and environmental health investigation in Sydney, Australia

Mark J Ferson, Sinead Flanigan, Mark E Westman, Ana M Pastrana Velez, Benjamin Knobel, Toni Cains, Marianne Martinello
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A cluster of Brucella melitensis in Melbourne, Australia 2023: clinical and public health actions

Manogna Metlapalli, Fiona Clarke, Anna B Pierce, Norelle L Sherry, Jake A Lacey, Edura Jalil, Aswan Tai, Christian McGrath, Tony Korman, James H McMahon, Rhonda L Stuart
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Prevalence of Murray Valley encephalitis virus antibodies in northern Victoria following the 2023 outbreak: a cross-sectional serological survey

Marie Heloury, Joshua Szanyi, Maxwell Braddick, Alexander Fidao, Madeleine J Marsland, Tilda N Thomson, Mitchell Batty, Suellen Nicholson, Theo Karapanagiotidis, Kylie S Carville, Anna-Jane Glynn-Robinson, Chuan Kok Lim, Naveen Tenneti, Anthony Zheng, William Cross, Jim Black, Helen O'Brien
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Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B in Far North Queensland, 2013–2023

Josh Hanson, Sharna Radlof, Jenna Coffman, Kathy Lort-Phillips, Simon Smith, Allison Hempenstall, Annie Preston-Thomas
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Evaluation of Indigenous status completeness in vaccine preventable disease notification data in the NNDSS

Frank Beard, Eva Molnar, Joanne Jackson, Kaitlyn Vette, Katrina Clark, Aditi Dey, Caitlin Swift, Stephen Lambert, Anna-Jane Glynn-Robinson, Kristine Macartney
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Symptom profile of COVID-19 in children in the Metro South area of Brisbane, during the first SARS-CoV-2 Omicron wave: a population-based survey

Bonnie M Macfarlane, Yee Sum Li, Christian James, Khin Chaw, Satyamurthy Anuradha
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Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (APSGN) in the Torres Strait and Cape York: surveillance insights pre- and post- mandatory notification

Allison Hempenstall, Eliza Cropp, Caroline Taunton, Malcolm McDonald, Nancy Lui-Gamia, Debra Nona
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Outbreak report

An outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen gastroenteritis after consuming wild hunted kangaroo, Northern Territory, Australia, 2024

Anthony DK Draper, Joanne Gerrell, Stacey McKay, Janet Forrester, Ana Ordonez, Ella Meumann, Rob Baird, Dimitrios Menouhos, Manoj Basnet, Tinus Creeper, Mac Cummins, Vicki L Krause
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A foodborne norovirus outbreak associated with six events and a single caterer, Canberra, November 2022

Alison Chew, Felicity Greenville, Nevada Pingault, Siobhan Barrett, Natasha Waters, Lyndell Hudson, Jenny Post
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Case report

A delayed diagnosis of lymphatic filariasis in a returned traveller from the Philippines

George P Drewett, Hedayat Pourhadi, Jordan Kahn, Shio Yen Tio, Craig Aboltins
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Surveillance summary

The first year of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surveillance in Tasmania, 1 July 2022 – 30 June 2023

Michelle McPherson, Nicola Stephens, Bhavika Yadav, Shannon Melody
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Hospital-based surveillance of respiratory syncytial virus in Central Queensland

Gulam Khandaker, Mahmudul Hassan Al Imam, Reema Goswami, Caitlyn Bolck, Jacina Walker, Michael Kirk, Robert Menzies
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Annual report

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Surveillance Outcome Program (GnSOP) Bloodstream Infection Annual Report 2023

Thomas Gottlieb, Alicia Fajardo-Lubian, Jan M Bell, Sally R Partridge, Jennifer Robson, Jonathan R Iredell, Denise A Daley, Geoffrey W Coombs
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2023

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan van Hal, Tiffany R Hogan, National Neisseria Network, Australia
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Australian National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory annual report, 2023

Matthew B Kaye, Linda K Hobday, Aishah Ibrahim, Leesa Bruggink, Bruce R Thorley
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2023

Steven J Collins, Christaine Stehmann, Matteo Senesi, Shannon Sarros, Amelia McGlade, Victoria Lewis, Laura Ellett, Priscilla Agustina, Daniel Barber, Genevieve M Klug, Catriona A McLean, Colin L Masters
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Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2023

Suzy M Teutsch, Carlos A Nunez, Anne Morris, Guy D Eslick, Elizabeth Elliott, Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU)
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Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program Annual Report, 2023

Julie E Bines, Sarah Thomas, Nada Bogdanovic-Sakran, Celeste M Donato, Archana T Sriraman, Daniel Pavlic
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Report on influenza viruses received and tested by the Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza during 2023

Tanya R Diefenbach-Elstob, Olivia Lay, Tasoula Zakis, Nikita Deshpande, Sally Soppe, Heidi Peck, Saira Hussain, Yi-Mo Deng, Clyde Dapat, Kanta Subbarao, Ian G Barr
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Antimicrobial resistance in northern Australia: the HOTspots surveillance and response program annual epidemiology report 2022

Teresa Wozniak, Alys R Young, Aminath Shausan, Amy Legg, Michael J Leung, Sonali A Coulter, Shalinie Pereira, Robert W Baird, Majella G Murphy
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Quarterly report

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2024

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan van Hal, Sonya Natasha Hutabarat, Tiffany R Hogan
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 April to 30 June 2024

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan van Hal, Sonya Natasha Hutabarat, Tiffany R Hogan
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Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2024

Monica M Lahra, Tiffany R Hogan, National Neisseria Network, Australia
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2024

Monica M Lahra, Sebastiaan van Hal, Tiffany R Hogan, National Neisseria Network, Australia
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Extended report

Australian Trachoma Surveillance Report update: 2014–2022

Alison Jaworski, Carleigh Cowling, Gordana C Popovic, Absar Noorul, Sergio Sandler, Susana Vaz Nery, John Kaldor
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