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Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 43 - December 2019 newsletter
Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The CDI team wishes you a wonderful and rewarding holiday, and thanks all of its contributors, reviewers and authors for their involvement with the journal over the past year.

Introducing the new CDI Instructions to Authors

CDI has recently published a new streamlined and self-contained set of Instructions to Authors. (PDF) (Microsoft Word) These instructions present all of the information relevant to article submission in one online document which is accessible from the CDI home page.

More precisely defined manuscript categories

CDI manuscript categories have been carefully reviewed and redefined to include the word limit, number of peer reviewers, requirements and scope. For more information, please refer to the new CDI Instructions to Authors.

An invitation to contribute

The CDI team takes this opportunity to once again invite you to contribute to CDI by submitting original articles and volunteering for peer review.
If you would like to register on CDI’s reviewer database please contact cdi.editor@health.gov.au.

 

Original Articles

Challenges in using serological methods to explore historical transmission risk of Chlamydia psittaci in a workforce with high exposure to equine chlamydiosis

Belinda Jones, Kathryn Taylor, Robyn M Lucas, Tony Merritt, Catherine Chicken, Jane Heller, Joan Carrick, Rodney Givney and David N Durrheim

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.65
Published online: 16/12/2019
Full Text: (Word 143 KB) (PDF 2.86 MB)
Supplemental Material: (Word 97.5 KB) (PDF 180 KB)

 

Epidemiology of lymphogranuloma venereum in New South Wales, 2006–2015

Damian P Kotevski; Meeyin Lam; Christine Selvey; David J Templeton; Linda Donovan; Vicky Sheppeard

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.54
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 468 KB) (PDF 2.90 MB)

 

Gaps in maternal influenza vaccine uptake in Northern Territory: A need for a year-round influenza vaccination campaign

Priya Darshene Janagaraj, Pari Shanmuga Raman Gurusamy and Rosalind Webby

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.49
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 477 KB) (PDF 3.07 MB)

Extended report

Summary of national surveillance data on vaccine preventable diseases in Australia, 2012–2015

Aditi Dey; Han Wang; Frank Beard; Kristine Macartney; Peter McIntyre

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.58
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 3.87 MB) (PDF 3.89 MB)

Annual reports

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2017

Monica M Lahra, Rodney Enriquez and CR Robert George for the National Neisseria Network

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.66
Published online: 16/12/2019
Full Text: (Word 833 KB) (PDF 2.97 MB)

 

Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2017

Brynley Hull, Alexandra Hendry, Aditi Dey, Julia Brotherton, Kristine Macartney, Frank Beard

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.47
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 4.71 MB) (PDF 5.20 MB)

 

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit Annual Report 2018

Carlos Nunez, Anne Morris, Suzy Teutsch, Skye McGregor, Julia Brotherton,Daniel Novakovic, William Rawlinson, Cheryl Jones, Bruce Thorley and Elizabeth Elliott

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.53
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 656 KB) (PDF 3.55 MB)

 

Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2018: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN)

Allen C Cheng, Mark Holmes, Dominic E Dwyer, Sanjaya Senanayake, Louise Cooley, Louis B Irving, Graham Simpson, Tony Korman, Kristine Macartney, N Deborah Friedman, Peter Wark, Anna Holwell, Christopher C Blyth, Nigel Crawford, Jim Buttery, Simon Bowler, John W Upham, Grant W Waterer, Tom Kotsimbos and Paul M Kelly

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.48
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 1.07 MB) (PDF 3.18 MB)

Quarterly reports

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 July to 30 September

2018 Monica M Lahra and Rodney Enriquez for the National Neisseria Network, Australia.

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.59
Published online: 16/12/2019
Full Text: (Word 65.6 KB) (PDF 2.75 MB)

 

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2018

Monica M Lahra and Rodney Enriquez for the National Neisseria Network, Australia.

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.63
Published online: 16/12/2019
Full Text: (Word 76.4 KB) (PDF 2.74 MB)

 

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2018

Monica M Lahra and Rodney Enriquez for the National Neisseria Network, Australia.

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.60
Published online: 16/12/2019
Full Text: (Word 66.6 KB) (PDF 2.79 MB)

 

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2017

Monica M Lahra and Rodney P Enriquez for the National Neisseria Network, Australia.

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.62
Published online: 16/12/2019
Full Text: (Word 66.9 KB) (PDF 2.74 MB)

 

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 January to 31 March 2019

Rachael Corvisy and the Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group; for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.56
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 1.58 MB) (PDF 3.00 MB)

 

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 July to 30 September 2018

Kate Pennington and the Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group, for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.57
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 1.58 MB) (PDF 3.01 MB)

 

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 October to 31 December 2018

Rachael Corvisy and the Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group; for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.55
Published online: 18/11/2019
Full Text: (Word 1.20 MB) (PDF 3.01 MB)

Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Editor

Cindy Toms

Deputy editor

Simon Petrie

Design and production

Kasra Yousefi

Editorial Advisory Board

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Mark Ferson
John Kaldor
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Linda Selvey

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