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Annual report: Surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia, 2011.
This report summarises Australian passive surveillance data for adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) reported to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) for 2011, and describes reporting trends over the 12-year period 2000 to 2011. There were 2,327 AEFI records for vaccines administered in 2011, a decrease of 40% from 3,894 in 2010. The decrease in 2011 was attributable to a decline in reporting following seasonal influenza (2,354 to 483) and pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza vaccines (514 to 2). However, reporting rates for some other vaccines were higher in 2011 compared with 2010. The 13-valent pneumococcal con...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Changing epidemiology of bloodstream infection pathogens over time in adult non-specialty patients at an Australian tertiary hospital.
This study found that gram negative BSIs appeared to be re-emerging, particularly in community onset infections and also amongst the younger patients at the study institution. Such epidemiological trends have important implications for antimicrobial choices for the treatment of undifferentiated sepsis. PMID: 23330707 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

A decision support tool for vectorborne disease in Queensland, Australia.
Authors: Pelecanos AM, DeGuzman A, Cull B, Ryan PA, Gatton ML PMID: 23330708 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Revised surveillance case definitions.
Authors: Communicable Diseases Network Case Definitions Working Group PMID: 23330709 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 January to 31 March 2012.
Authors: OzFoodNet Working Group PMID: 23330710 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

HIV and AIDS surveillance.
Authors: PMID: 23646382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Communicable diseases surveillance. National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.
Authors: PMID: 23646383 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Communicable diseases surveillance.
Authors: PMID: 23646385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Communicable diseases surveillance. Tables.
Authors: PMID: 23646386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Arboviral diseases and malaria in Australia, 2010-11: annual report of the National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee.
Authors: Knope K, Whelan P, Smith D, Johansen C, Moran R, Doggett S, Sly A, Hobby M, Wright P, Nicholson J, National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee Abstract The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) received notification of 9,291 cases of disease transmitted by mosquitoes during the 2010-11 season (1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011). The alphaviruses Barmah Forest virus and Ross River virus accounted for 7,515 (81%) of these. There were 133 notifications of dengue virus infection acquired in Australia and 1,133 cases that were acquired overseas, while for 10 cases, the place of acqui...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Annual immunisation coverage report, 2010.
Authors: Hull B, Dey A, Menzies R, McIntyre P Abstract This, the fourth annual immunisation coverage report, documents trends during 2010 for a range of standard measures derived from Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) data. These include coverage at standard age milestones and for individual vaccines included on the National Immunisation Program (NIP). For the first time, coverage from other sources for adolescents and the elderly are included. The proportion of children 'fully vaccinated' at 12, 24 and 60 months of age was 91.6%, 92.1% and 89.1% respectively. For vaccines available on the ...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Tuberculosis in Australia: bacteriologically confirmed cases and drug resistance, 2010. A report of the Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network.
Authors: Lumb R, Bastian I, Carter R, Jelfs P, Keehner T, Sievers A Abstract The Australian Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory Network collects and analyses laboratory data on new cases of disease caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. In 2010, a total of 1,051 cases were identified by bacteriology; an annual reporting rate of 4.7 cases per 100,000 population. Twelve children aged less than 10 years had bacteriologically-confirmed tuberculosis. Results of in vitro drug susceptibility testing were available for 1,050 isolates for isoniazid (INH), rifampicin (RIF), ethambutol (EMB), and pyrazinami...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

ß-Lactamases in Salmonella enterica isolated in Australia.
This study will help to overcome these deficiencies and provide some baseline surveillance data against which future trends can be measured. PMID: 23692158 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Paralytic shellfish poisoning in south eastern Tasmania.
Authors: Turnbull A, Harrison R, McKeown S PMID: 23692159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Increasing notifications of dengue in Australia related to overseas travel, 1991 to 2012.
Authors: Knope K, National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee, Giele C Abstract Dengue is an important cause of illness in travellers returning to Australia. The risk of local transmission from imported cases is of particular concern, with several large and explosive outbreaks recorded in recent years in north Queensland in areas where the mosquito vector of dengue is present. The number and proportion of dengue cases that are overseas-acquired is increasing. The number of overseas cases in 2010 and 2011 had increased by 298% and 155% respectively compared with the 5 year mean. The number of overseas...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - December 2, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research