{"title":"Report on the Second technical advisory group meeting to stop TB in the Western Pacific Region, Beijing, China 4-6 June 2001.","authors":"Angela Merianos","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2002.26.18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"26 2","pages":"234-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319291","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}
{"title":"Annual report of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 2001.","authors":"","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2002.26.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.20","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme monitors the antibiotic susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in all States and Territories. In 2001 the in vitro susceptibility of 3,641 isolates of gonococci from public and private sector sources was determined by standardised methods. Antibiotic susceptibility patterns again varied considerably between regions. Resistance to the penicillins remained high in larger urban centres and warrants close attention in those rural centres where treatment with the penicillins continues. Quinolone resistance in gonococci (QRNG) became more widespread in Australia in 2001 and MICs increased. Nationally, 17.5 per cent of all isolates were QRNG. Endemic cycles of transmission of QRNG in homosexually active men declined further, but heterosexual transmission increased substantially. All isolates remained sensitive to spectinomycin. A small number of isolates in a number of jurisdictions again showed some decreased susceptibility to ceftriaxone. A high proportion of gonococci examined in larger urban centres were from male patients, and rectal and pharyngeal isolates were common. In other centres and in rural Australia the male to female ratio of cases was lower, and most isolates were from the genital tract.</p>","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"26 2","pages":"242-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319281","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}
Dave Harley, Jeffrey N Hanna, Susan L Hills, John R Bates, Helen V Smith
{"title":"Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal disease in north Queensland, 1995 to 1999.","authors":"Dave Harley, Jeffrey N Hanna, Susan L Hills, John R Bates, Helen V Smith","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2002.26.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study describes all episodes of invasive meningococcal disease (n=120) acquired in north Queensland over the 5 year period 1995 to 1999. Indigenous people had a 3-fold greater risk than others of acquiring invasive meningococcal disease. There were 7 deaths, six in non-indigenous people. The majority (72.4%) of identified isolates were serogroup B. We found no evidence of significant resistance to the antibiotics recommended for treatment or chemoprophylaxis. Two outbreaks of disease were identified, one serogroup B and one serogroup C. Compared to the previous 5 years (1990 to 1994) there were far fewer cases of serogroup C disease and a lower incidence and risk of invasive meningococcal disease among indigenous people.</p>","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"26 1","pages":"44-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319273","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}
{"title":"OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: quarterly report, July to September 2001.","authors":"","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2002.26.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"26 1","pages":"22-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319276","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}
{"title":"Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2001.","authors":"Paul Roche, Jenean Spencer, Alan Hampson","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2002.26.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.15","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surveillance of influenza in Australia in 2001 was based on data from national and state-based sentinel practice consultations for influenza-like illness, laboratory isolations of influenza virus and absenteeism rates from a national employer. In 2001, laboratory-confirmed influenza became a notifiable disease and was reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). Influenza A was the dominant type, 81 per cent of which were subtype H1N1 and 19 per cent were subtype H3N2. The influenza A (H1N1) analysed were all A/New Caledonia/20/99-like strains. The H3N2 isolates were antigenically similar to the reference strain A/Moscow/10/99 and the vaccine strain A/Panama/2007/99. The influenza B isolates, which made up only 10 per cent of all isolates, were mainly B/Sichuan/379/99-like strains but 10 per cent of isolates were more closely related to B/Harbin/7/94-like viruses, which circulated in previous years. The Australian 2001 influenza vaccine represented a good match for the circulating viruses and 77 per cent of persons over 65 years in Australia were vaccinated in 2001.</p>","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"26 2","pages":"204-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319282","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}
{"title":"National strategic plan for TB control in Australia beyond 2000.","authors":"","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2002.26.19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2002.26.19","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"26 2","pages":"238-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319287","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}
{"title":"Editorial: the risk of anthrax and smallpox in Australia.","authors":"R Smallwood","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2001.25.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.38","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"25 4","pages":"188-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319258","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}
P Whelan, R C Russell, G Hayes, G Tucker, G Goodwin
{"title":"Exotic Aedes mosquitoes: onshore detection and elimination in Darwin, Northern Territory.","authors":"P Whelan, R C Russell, G Hayes, G Tucker, G Goodwin","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2001.25.52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"25 4","pages":"283-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319259","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}
{"title":"Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific Region, 2000.","authors":"","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2001.25.47","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.47","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A long-term program of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Region (WHO WPR GASP) continued in 2000. About 11,000 gonococci were examined in 15 focal points. Widespread resistance to the penicillin group of antibiotics was confirmed. Resistance to quinolone antibiotics, already widely dispersed, increased further with a shift to higher levels of resistance in many centres. Gonococci with decreased susceptibility to third generation cephalosporins were observed in 5 centres. Spectinomycin resistance was infrequently encountered. Options for cheap and effective treatment of gonorrhoea in the WPR are increasingly limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"25 4","pages":"274-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319265","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}
{"title":"Invasive meningococcal disease and HIV coinfection.","authors":"D L Couldwell","doi":"10.33321/cdi.2001.25.50","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2001.25.50","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Three cases of meningococcal disease which occurred over a 3 year period in HIV-infected people living in the Wentworth Health Area of Sydney, Australia, are described. None of the 3 had ever received antiretroviral therapy which may, have contributed to development of invasive meningococcal disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":520897,"journal":{"name":"Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report","volume":"25 4","pages":"279-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144319261","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}