Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 45 - October newsletter

Tell us what you think

CDI readers and authors are invited to complete a brief online survey (estimated time requirement: less than 10 minutes), to help us understand what aspects of the journal and its website are most useful to you.

Thanks to all who have completed the survey thus far; your feedback really helps us improve your experience with the journal. If you haven't had the opportunity to take the survey until now, we'd really appreciate if you could take 10 minutes to fill it in.

Click here to begin.

Notice to readers

ATAGI 2021 annual statement on immunisation (Last updated: 19 September 2021)

Catherine Tran, Clayton Chiu, Allen C Cheng, Nigel W Crawford, Michelle L Giles, Kristine K Macartney, Christopher C Blyth, on behalf of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.60 || Published online: 28/10/2021
Full Text: (Word 84.28 KB) (PDF 2.98 MB)

Original articles

COVID-19 in health care workers, Australia 2020

Anna C Rafferty, Moira C Hewitt, Rose Wright, Freya Hogarth, Nick Coatsworth, Frances Ampt, Sally Dougall, Charles Alpren, Louise Causer, Cushla Coffey, Angela Wakefield, Suzy Campbell, Nevada Pingault, Michelle Harlock, Kylie J Smith, Martyn D Kirk || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.57 || Published online: 28/10/2021
Full Text: (Word 354.23 KB) (PDF 3.17 MB)

The ATHENA COVID-19 Study: Cohort profile and first findings for people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Queensland, 1 January to 31 December 2020

Jennifer Welsh, Rosemary J Korda, Ellie Paige, Mark A Morgan, Hsei-Di Law, Tony Stanton, Zoltan MJ Bourne, M Ximena Tolosa, Kim Greaves, for the ATHENA (Australians Together Health Initiative) COVID-19 Project Team || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.51 || Published online: 30/9/2021
Full Text: (Word 119.67 KB) (PDF 3.2 MB)

Annual reports

Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme Annual Report, 2020 (Updated: 15 September 2021)

Monica M Lahra, Tiffany R Hogan, Masoud Shoushtari, Benjamin H Armstrong, for the National Neisseria Network, Australia || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.58 || Published online: 28/10/2021
Full Text: (Word 216.6 KB) (PDF 3.15 MB)

Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) Annual Surveillance Report 2020

Suzy M Teutsch, Carlos A Nunez, Anne Morris, Guy D Eslick, Gulam Khandaker, Angela Berkhout, Daniel Novakovic, Julia ML Brotherton, Skye McGregor, Jonathan King, Ece Egilmezer, Robert Booy, Cheryl A Jones, William Rawlinson, Bruce R Thorley and Elizabeth J Elliott || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.59 || Published online: 28/10/2021
Full Text: (Word 1.42 MB) (PDF 4.63 MB)

Australian National Enterovirus Reference Laboratory annual report, 2020

Matthew B Kaye, Arnau Garcia-Clapes, Linda K Hobday, Aishah Ibrahim, Presa Chanthalavanh, Leesa Bruggink, Bruce R Thorley || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.56 || Published online: 28/10/2021
Full Text: (Word 417.14 KB) (PDF 3.09 MB)

Monitoring the incidence and causes of disease potentially transmitted by food in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network, 2016

The OzFoodNet Working Group || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.52 || Published online: 30/9/2021
Full Text: (Word 3.64 MB) (PDF 4.17 MB)

Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) 2019: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions

Nicole Dinsmore, Jocelynne E McRae, Helen E Quinn, Catherine Glover, Sonia Dougherty, Alissa McMinn, Nigel Crawford, Helen Marshall, Samantha J Carlson, Christopher Blyth, Ryan Lucas, Adam Irwin, Kristine Macartney, Philip N Britton, and Nicholas Wood on behalf of the PAEDS network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.53 || Published online: 30/9/2021
Full Text: (Word 669.36 KB) (PDF 4.15 MB)

Further information

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.

Subscribe to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiological reports

Please click here to subscribe.

An invitation to contribute

CDI actively invites contributions relating to the occurrence, surveillance, treatment and prevention of communicable disease within Australia. Please consult our Instructions to Authors for submission guidelines and other pertinent information.

Submissions can be directed to the Editor at cdi.editor@health.gov.au

CDI also welcomes expressions of interest from potential peer reviewers.

If you would like to register on CDI's reviewer database please contact cdi.editor@health.gov.au

CDI is a peer-reviewed open-access journal which does not carry page charges. It is listed on MEDLINE, indexed in PubMed, and available full-text on the Australian Government Department of Health website as well as on the Global Health database (CABI) and the Elsevier services EMBASE and Scopus.

Communicable Diseases Intelligence

Editor: Jennie Hood

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)
cdi.editor@health.gov.au

Disclaimer

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.