An invitation to contribute

CDI actively invites contributions relating to the occurrence, surveillance, treatment and prevention of communicable disease within Australia. Submissions on all aspects of this topic are considered. The journal currently has a particular interest in original manuscripts from public health units across all jurisdictions of Australia, exploring lessons learned as a result of implementation of public health measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. All unsolicited submissions considered for publication are subject to peer review. For all submissions, please consult our Instructions to Authors for submission guidelines and other pertinent information.

Submissions (and queries) can be directed to the Editor at cdi.editor@health.gov.au

Latest articles

Notice to readers

ATAGI 2022 Annual Statement on Immunisation
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.67 || Published online: 20/10/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.36 MB) (PDF 478.57 KB)

Letters to the Editor

Public health response to a norovirus viral gastroenteritis outbreak in early childhood learning centres in Victoria, Australia, 2021
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.64 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.84 MB) (PDF 714.1 KB)

First case of NDM-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolated in Timor-Leste
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.65 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.33 MB) (PDF 332.03 KB)

Original articles

The value of active follow up of a newly acquired hepatitis B infection – lessons for current approaches
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.71 || Published online: 20/10/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.34 MB) (PDF 353.04 KB)

Donuts for weight loss? A norovirus outbreak associated with a bakery in the Australian Capital Territory
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.69 || Published online: 20/10/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.38 MB) (PDF 474.94 KB)

Hepatitis A outbreak in Australia linked to imported Medjool dates, June–September 2021
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.68 || Published online: 20/10/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.66 MB) (PDF 894.46 KB)

Hepatitis B prevalence in women giving birth in the Northern Territory, Australia, 2005–2015
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.62 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.34 MB) (PDF 404.91 KB)

Short reports

Changes in norovirus incidence in Victoria, Australia, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2021
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.61 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 471.23 KB) (PDF 418.4 KB)

Annual reports

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2021
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.66 || Published online: 20/10/2022
Full Text: (Word 7.04 MB) (PDF 1.64 MB)

Report on influenza viruses received and tested by the Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza during 2020–2021
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.63 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 7.43 MB) (PDF 1.29 MB)

Annual immunisation coverage report 2020
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.60 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.03 MB) (PDF 11.81 MB)

Monitoring the incidence and causes of disease potentially transmitted by food in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network, 2017
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.59 || Published online: 26/09/2022
Full Text: (Word 9.79 MB) (PDF 1.7 MB)

Policy and guidelines

Not everything that can be counted counts: defining and evaluating tuberculosis mortality in Australia
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2022.46.72 || Published online: 20/10/2022
Full Text: (Word 5.51 MB) (PDF 349.75 KB)

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Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Editor: Noel Lally
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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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiological reports

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