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For CDI's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiological reports within Australia, please refer to the Epidemiological reports page. It includes data on notified Australian cases, the international situation and the current understanding of severity, transmission and spread of the infection.

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Original articles

Retrospective analysis of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis case notifications in Australia (1999–2018)

Hendrik S Camphor, Kerri Viney, Ben Polkinghorne, Kate Pennington || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.68 || Published online: 17/8/2020
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Australian mumps serosurvey 2012–2013: any cause for concern?

Cyra Patel, Frank Beard, Alexandra Hendry, Helen Quinn, Aditi Dey, Kristine Macartney, Linda Hueston, Dominic E Dwyer, Peter McIntyre || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.67 || Published online: 17/8/2020
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Australia’s national zoster vaccination program: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of general practitioners

Harunor Rashid, Aditi Dey, Ramesh Manocha, Mohamed Tashani, Kristine Macartney, Frank Beard || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.59 || Published online: 15/7/2020

Full Text: (Word 437.35 KB) (PDF 2.98 MB)

Short report

Identifying early changes in influenza vaccination uptake following a government funded immunisation program using a participatory community surveillance program

Sarah A Moberley, Sandra J Carlson, David N Durrheim and Craig B Dalton || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.57 || Published online: 15/7/2020

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Asymptomatic COVID-19 or are we missing something?

Jazmin K Daniells, Helen L MacCallum, David N Durrheim || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.55 || Published online: 9/7/2020

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The first 2 months of COVID-19 contact tracing in the Northern Territory of Australia, March–April 2020

Anthony DK Draper, Karen E Dempsey, Rowena H Boyd, Emma M Childs, Hayley M Black, Laura A Francis, Peter G Markey, Vicki L Krause || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.53 || Published online: 2/7/2020

Full Text: (Word 456.29 KB) (PDF 3.2 MB)

Quarterly reports

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2020

Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoustari, Tiffany R. Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.65 || Published online: 17/08/2020
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Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme 1 January to 31 March 2020

Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.61 || Published online: 15/7/2020 Full Text: (Word 68.11 KB) (PDF 2.8 MB)

Annual report

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2019

Suzy M Teutsch, Carlos A Nunez, Anne Morris, Skye McGregor, Jonathan King, Julia ML Brotherton, Daniel Novakovic, Robert Booy, Cheryl A Jones, William Rawlinson, Bruce R Thorley and Elizabeth J Elliott || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.60 || Published online: 17/8/2020
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Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2019

Monica M Lahra and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.62 || Published online: 17/8/2020
Full Text: (Word 1.31 MB) (PDF 3.19 MB)

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2019

Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, CR Robert George, Benjamin H Armstrong and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network, Australia || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.58 || Published online: 15/7/2020

Full Text: (Word 180.62 KB) (PDF 3 MB)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance in Australia Annual Report: December 2019

Christiane Stehmann, Matteo Senesi, Shannon Sarros, Amelia McGlade, Marion Simpson, Genevieve Klug, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters and Steven Collins || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2020.44.56 || Published online: 15/7/2020

Full Text: (PDF 3.09 MB) (Word 141.42 KB)


Communicable Diseases Intelligence

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