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Latest articles

Letter to the editor

SARS-CoV-2 public health investigation in an aged care facility and challenges with serological screening in low pre-test probability settings
Nicolas R Smoll, Carmel Taylor, Ross Martin, Sarah Wheatley, Peter Moore, Mitchell Finger, Frederick Moore, SanmariƩ Schlebusch, Gulam Khandaker
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.42
Published online: 16/8/2021
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High influenza vaccination uptake in Victorian healthcare workers in 2020
Lyn-li Lim, Alex J Hoskins, Leon J Worth, Katherine C Walker, Ann L Bull, Noleen Bennett
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.37
Published online: 22/7/2021
Full Text: (Word 70.99 KB) (PDF 2.85 MB)

Quarterly reports

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2021
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.47
Published online: 30/8/2021
Full Text: (Word 71.99 KB) (PDF 2.86 MB)

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme 1 October to 31 December 2020
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.44
Published online: 30/8/2021
Full Text: (Word 73.29 KB) (PDF 2.86 MB)

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2021
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.45
Published online: 30/8/2021
Full Text: (Word 69.65 KB) (PDF 2.82 MB)

Meningococcal Surveillance Australia: Reporting period 1 October to 31 December 2020
Monica M Lahra, Masoud Shoushtari, Tiffany R Hogan, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.36
Published online: 22/7/2021
Full Text: (Word 70.76 KB) (PDF 2.84 MB)

Annual reports

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2020
Monica M Lahra, CR Robert George, Masoud Shoushtari and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.46
Published online: 30/8/2021
Full Text: (Word 1.29 MB) (PDF 3.36 MB)

Report on influenza viruses received and tested by the Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza in 2019
Heidi Peck, Jean Moselen, Sook Kwan Brown, Megan Triantafilou, Hilda Lau, Miguel Grau, Ian G Barr, Vivian KY Leung
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.43
Published online: 16/8/2021
Full Text: (Word 1.61 MB) (PDF 3.51 MB)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2020
Christiane Stehmann, Matteo Senesi, Shannon Sarros, Amelia McGlade, Victoria Lewis, Marion Simpson, Genevieve Klug, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.38
Published online: 22/7/2021
Full Text: (Word 828.35 KB) (PDF 3.46 MB)

Erratum

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease surveillance in Australia: update to 31 December 2020 - Erratum to Commun Dis Intell (2018) 2021;45 (https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.38)
Christiane Stehmann, Matteo Senesi, Shannon Sarros, Amelia McGlade, Victoria Lewis, Marion Simpson, Genevieve Klug, Catriona McLean, Colin L Masters, Steven Collins
https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.40
Published online: 9/8/2021
Full Text: (Word 74.93 KB) (PDF 2.78 MB)


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Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Editor: Jennie Hood

Deputy editor: Simon Petrie

Design and production: Kasra Yousefi

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