Timing of influenza vaccination in an Australian community-based surveillance system, 2010-2014.
Authors: Coghlan B, Carlson S, Leder K, Dalton C, Cheng AC PMID: 28278408 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

A brief overview of influenza surveillance systems in Australia, 2015.
Authors: Sullivan SG, Raupach J, Franklin LJ, Pennington K, Bareja C, de Kluyver R, and the National Influenza Surveillance Committee, for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia PMID: 28278409 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Defining a tuberculosis cluster or outbreak.
Authors: Denholm J, Coulter C, Bastian I, and the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee PMID: 28278410 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Infection control guidelines for the management of patients with suspected or confirmed pulmonary tuberculosis in healthcare settings.
Authors: Coulter C, and the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee PMID: 28278411 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Revised surveillance case definitions: Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
Authors: PMID: 28278412 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to December 2015.
Authors: Klug GM, Boyd A, Sarros S, Stehmann C, Simpson M, McLean CA, Masters CL, Collins SJ Abstract Nation-wide surveillance of human transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (also known as prion diseases), the most common being Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, is performed by the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry, based at the University of Melbourne. Prospective surveillance has been undertaken since 1993 and over this dynamic period in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy research and understanding, the unit has evolved and adapted to changes in surveillance practices and requiremen...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Surveillance of adverse events following immunisation in Australia annual report, 2014.
This report summarises Australian passive surveillance data for adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) for 2014 reported to the Therapeutic Goods Administration for 2014 and describes reporting trends over the 15-year period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2014. There were 3,087 AEFI records for vaccines administered in 2014; an annual AEFI reporting rate of 13.2 per 100,000 population. There was a decline of 5% in the overall AEFI reporting rate in 2014 compared with 2013. This decline in reported adverse events in 2014 compared with the previous year was mainly attributable to fewer reports following the human papill...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance inaugural annual report, 2014.
CONCLUSIONS: PAEDS provides unique policy-relevant data. This is the first of planned PAEDS annual reports to Communicable Diseases Intelligence. PMID: 28278415 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Arboviral diseases and malaria in Australia, 2013-14: Annual report of the National Arbovirus and Malaria Advisory Committee.
This report describes the epidemiology of mosquito-borne diseases of public health importance in Australia during the 2013-14 season (1 July 2013 to 30 June 2014) and includes data from human notifications, sentinel chicken, vector and virus surveillance programs. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System received notifications for 8,898 cases of disease transmitted by mosquitoes during the 2013-14 season. The Australasian alphaviruses Barmah Forest virus and Ross River virus accounted for 6,372 (72%) total notifications. However, over-diagnosis and possible false positive diagnostic test results for these 2 inf...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 1 April to 30 June 2016.
Authors: PMID: 28278417 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian childhood immunisation coverage, 1 January to 31 December cohort, assessed as at 31 March 2016.
Authors: Hendry A, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases PMID: 28278418 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2016.
Authors: Lahra MM, Enriquez RP, Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme PMID: 28278419 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2016.
Authors: Lahra MM, Enriquez RP, Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme PMID: 28278420 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, 1 April to 30 June 2016.
Authors: Chilver MB, Blakeley D, Stocks NP, Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network PMID: 28278421 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - March 11, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Rise in invasive serogroup W meningococcal disease in Australia 2013-2015.
Authors: Veitch MG, Owen RL PMID: 28043218 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - January 4, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research