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Absence of a Chlamydia trachomatis variant, harbouring a deletion in the cryptic plasmid, in clients of a sexually transmissible infection clinic and antenatal patients in Melbourne. 缺少沙眼衣原体变异，隐藏质粒缺失，在性传播感染诊所和产前患者在墨尔本的客户。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2008-03-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2008.32.10

Matthew P Stevens, Sarah E Tan, Leonie Horvath, Christopher K Fairley, Suzanne M Garland, Sepehr N Tabrizi

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Higher than expected seasonal influenza activity in Victoria, 2007. 2007年维多利亚州的季节性流感活跃程度高于预期。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2008-03-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2008.32.8

Emma R Miller, James E Fielding, Kristina A Grant, Ian G Barr, Georgina Papadakis, Heath A Kelly

{"title":"Higher than expected seasonal influenza activity in Victoria, 2007.","authors":"Emma R Miller, James E Fielding, Kristina A Grant, Ian G Barr, Georgina Papadakis, Heath A Kelly","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2008.32.8","DOIUrl":"10.33321/cdi.2008.32.8","url":null,"abstract":"In 2007, the Victorian influenza season exceeded normal seasonal activity thresholds. The average rate of influenza-like illness (ILI) reported by general practitioners (GPs) participating in sentinel surveillance was 9.0 cases per 1,000 consultations, peaking at 22 cases per 1,000 consultations in mid-August. The average ILI rate reported by the Melbourne Medical Locum Service (MMLS) was 11.5 per 1,000 consultations over the season. The MMLS ILI rate peaked at 30 per 1,000 consultations at the same time as peak rates were reported by GPs, with a secondary peak observed three weeks later (22 cases per 1,000 consultations). Influenza cases notified to the Victorian Department of Human Services peaked in mid-August with a secondary peak of influenza A in early September. Of the influenza positive swabs collected by GPs and among those collected throughout the state, 92% were type A and 8% were type B. The most common strains identified in Victoria in the 2007 influenza season were A/ Brisbane/10/2007-like followed by A/Solomon Islands/3/2006-like. While neither virus strain was specifically included in the 2007 Australian influenza vaccine, reasonable cross protection was afforded by the strains in the vaccine.","PeriodicalId":350023,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":" ","pages":"63-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27477821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit annual report, 2006. 澳大利亚儿科监测股年度报告，2006年。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2008-03-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2008.32.6

Yvonne Zurynski, Elizabeth J Elliott

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Rotavirus surveillance in Australia. 澳大利亚轮状病毒监测。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2008-03-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2008.32.11

Kate A Ward, Peter B McIntyre, Carl D Kirkwood, Paul W Roche, Mark J Ferson, Paul G Van Buynder, April R Roberts-Witteveen, Alison M Kesson, Vicki L Krause, Jeremy M McAnulty

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The public health value of emergency department syndromic surveillance following a natural disaster. 自然灾害后急诊综合征监测的公共卫生价值

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2008-03-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2008.32.13

Kirsty Hope, Tony Merritt, Keith Eastwood, Kelly Main, David N Durrheim, David Muscatello, Kerry Todd, Wei Zheng

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Enhanced surveillance for serious complications of influenza in children: role of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit. 加强对儿童严重流感并发症的监测：澳大利亚儿科监测股的作用。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2008-03-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2008.32.9

Yvonne A Zurynski, David Lester-Smith, Marino S Festa, Alison M Kesson, Robert Booy, Elizabeth J Elliott

{"title":"Enhanced surveillance for serious complications of influenza in children: role of the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit.","authors":"Yvonne A Zurynski, David Lester-Smith, Marino S Festa, Alison M Kesson, Robert Booy, Elizabeth J Elliott","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2008.32.9","DOIUrl":"10.33321/cdi.2008.32.9","url":null,"abstract":"Influenza contributes significantly to disease burden among children aged less than five years. Existing influenza surveillance systems do not provide detailed data on clinical presentation, management, vaccination status, risk factors and complications in hospitalised children, or link such data with laboratory results. Following a number of child deaths due to influenza in 2007, the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing approached the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) to examine the feasibility of enhancing APSU surveillance to identify children hospitalised with severe complications of influenza. Active, national, weekly surveillance was conducted during September 2007 with reporting by 1,256 Australian paediatricians working in hospitals and outpatient settings. The weekly report card return rate was 93%; detailed clinical data were provided on 88% of all notified cases and 15 children met the case criteria for severe complications of influenza. Admission to hospital occurred within 48 hours of onset of symptoms in over half of the children, of whom 13 had influenza A and two had influenza B, confirmed mostly by polymerase chain reaction on nasopharyngeal aspirate. Serious complications included pneumonia, presumed viral (67%), secondary bacterial infection, shock, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis and hypoglycaemia. No child aged six months or older had been vaccinated against influenza, including three children with underlying chronic conditions. No eligible child received an antiviral agent for influenza. Length of hospital stay ranged from 2 to 34 days; four children were admitted to a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and one was ventilated. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using the established APSU mechanism for enhanced emergency surveillance during disease outbreaks, emergence or importation.","PeriodicalId":350023,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":" ","pages":"71-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27477822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Supplementary report: surveillance of adverse events following immunisation among children aged less than 7 years in Australia, 1 January to 30 June 2007. 补充报告：2007年1月1日至6月30日澳大利亚7岁以下儿童免疫接种后不良事件监测。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2007-12-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2007.31.40

Glenda L Lawrence, Padmasiri E Aratchige, Richard Hill

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Position statement on interferon-gamma release immunoassays in the detection of latent tuberculosis infection, October 2007. 2007年10月，关于干扰素γ释放免疫分析法检测潜伏性结核感染的立场声明。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2007-12-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2007.31.44

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National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee multi-drug resistant tuberculosis: information paper (October 2007). 国家结核病咨询委员会耐多药结核病：信息文件（2007年10月）。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2007-12-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2007.31.45

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Re: Exercise paton: a simulation exercise to test New South Wales emergency departments' response to pandemic influenza. 回复：演习paton：模拟演习，以测试新南威尔士州紧急部门对大流行性流感的反应。

Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report Pub Date : 2007-12-01 DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2007.31.48

Michelle Cretikos, Keith Eastwood, David Durrheim

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