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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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Editorial

Announcement of a change in CDI’s editorship

CDI Editorial Team || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.13 || Published online: 26/2/2021
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Letter to the Editor

Influenza vaccination uptake in Australia in 2020: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Frank Beard, Alexandra Hendry, Kristine Macartney || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.10 || Published online: 26/2/2021
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Original articles

Is gentamicin a viable therapeutic option for treating resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New South Wales?

Benjamin H Armstrong, Athena Limnios, David A Lewis, Tiffany Hogan, Ratan Kundu, Sanghamitra Ray, Masoud Shoushtari, Jasmin El Nasser, Tim Driscoll, Monica M Lahra || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.12 || Published online: 26/2/2021
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Pandemics in New South Wales prisons: the more things change...

Stephen Hampton, Kathryn M Weston, Louella R McCarthy, Tobias Mackinnon || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.7 || Published online: 29/1/2021
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Short reports

Decreased incidence of enterovirus and norovirus infections during the COVID-19 pandemic, Victoria, Australia, 2020

Leesa D Bruggink, Arnau Garcia-Clapes, Thomas Tran, Julian D Druce, Bruce R Thorley || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.5 || Published online: 29/1/2021
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Annual reports

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2018

Susie Roczo-Farkas, Julie E Bines, and the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.6 || Published online: 29/1/2021
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Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2019

Sarah Thomas, Celeste M Donato, Susie Roczo-Farkas, Jenny Hua, Julie E Bines and the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.4 || Published online: 29/1/2021
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Surveillance summary

Notifiable diseases after implementation of COVID-19 public health prevention measures in Central Queensland, Australia

Odewumi Adegbija, Jacina Walker, Nicolas Smoll, Arifuzzaman Khan, Julieanne Graham, Gulam Khandaker || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.11 || Published online: 26/2/2021
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Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Editor: Tanja Farmer

Deputy editor: Simon Petrie

Design and production: Kasra Yousefi

Editorial Advisory Board:

David Durrheim
Mark Ferson
John Kaldor
Martyn Kirk
Linda Selvey

ISSN: 2209-6051 (Online)

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Opinions expressed in Communicable Diseases Intelligence are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Australian Government Department of Health or the Communicable Diseases Network Australia. Data may be subject to revision.