Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiology reports, Australia, 2020–2023
For coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemiological reports, covering COVID-19 incidence within Australia, please refer to this page.
Letters to the Editor
A comparison of post-COVID vaccine myocarditis classification using the Brighton Collaboration criteria versus Centre for Disease Control criteria
Tessa R Marshall, Silja Schrader, Laura Voss, Jim P Buttery, Nigel W Crawford, Daryl R Cheng || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.2 || Published online: 19/01/2023Full Text: (PDF 259.11 KB) (Word 5.34 MB)
Staphylococcus lugdunensis and coagulase-negative staphylococci species characterisation in a tropical climate
Matthew Howes, Rob Baird || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.3 || Published online: 19/01/2023Full Text: (PDF 269.25 KB) (Word 117.19 KB)
Original articles
A foodborne outbreak of campylobacteriosis at a wedding – Melbourne, Australia, 2022
Jane McAllister, Joy Gregory, Jim Adamopoulos, Madeleine Walsh, Anastasia Stylianopoulos, Anna-Lena Arnold, Russell Stafford, Patiyan Andersson, Tony Stewart || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.10 || Published online: 28/02/2023Full Text: (Word 163.06 KB) (PDF 554.05 KB)
Interrupted time series segmented regression analysis for detecting waterborne disease outbreaks by syndromic surveillance
Aidan Yuen, Davoud Pourmarzi, Suzie Sarkis, Carmela Luisetto, Kamal Khatri, Angie Bone, Jim Black || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.5 || Published online: 28/02/2023Full Text: (Word 775.96 KB) (PDF 1.04 MB)
Serology study of healthcare workers following a hospital-based outbreak of COVID-19 in North West Tasmania, Australia, 2020
Michelle McPherson, Nicola Stephens, Kylie J Smith, M Therese Marfori, Meru Sheel, Louise Cooley, Belinda McEwan, Mark Veitch, Fay H Johnston || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.6 || Published online: 19/01/2023Full Text: (PDF 417.44 KB) (Word 133.62 KB)
Short reports
The epidemiology of the COVID-19 pandemic in the small, low-resource country of Timor-Leste, January 2020 – June 2022
Maria AV Niha, Anthony DK Draper, Odete da Silva Viegas, Rui M de Araujo, Josefina C Joao, Endang da Silva, Ismail Barreto, Nevio Sarmento, Tessa Oakley, Filipe de Neri Machado, Nicholas SS Fancourt, Ian Marr, Liliana N dos Santos Fernandes, Noemia Martins, Paul Arkell, Ari JP Tilman, Benjamin Dingle, Carlito C Freitas, Partha S Bhowmick, Sarah Sheridan, Benjamin P Howden, Jennifer Yan, Joshua R Francis, Nelson Martins || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.1 || Published online: 19/01/2023Full Text: (PDF 542.8 KB) (Word 5.45 MB)
Quarterly reports
Meningococcal Surveillance Australia Reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2022
Monica M Lahra, Sanghamitra Ray and Tiffany R Hogan for the National Neisseria Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.4 || Published online: 19/01/2023Full Text: (PDF 256.3 KB) (Word 118.02 KB)
Surveillance summary
The utility of empirical mupirocin for eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in Far North Queensland, Australia
Isabel Guthridge, Stuart Campbell, Simon Smith, Josh Hanson || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.9 || Published online: 28/02/2023Full Text: (PDF 354.51 KB) (Word 124.32 KB)
Policy and guidelines
New and revised surveillance case definitions approved by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia since 1 January 2021
|| https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.11 || Published online: 28/02/2023Full Text: (PDF 186.36 KB) (Word 136.13 KB)
The use of whole genome sequencing for tuberculosis public health activities in Australia: a joint statement of the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee and Communicable Diseases Genomics Network
Ellen J Donnan, Ben J Marais, Chris Coulter, Justin Waring, Ivan Bastian, Deborah A Williamson, Norelle L Sherry, Katherine Bond, Vitali Sintchenko, Ella M Meumann, Kristy Horan, Louise Cooley, and Justin T Denholm, for the National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee and the Communicable Diseases Genomics Network || https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.8 || Published online: 28/02/2023Full Text: (Word 128.23 KB) (PDF 403.55 KB)
Editorial team
The editorial team consists of the editor, deputy editor, and a designer. The editorial team is supported by an Editorial Advisory Board (EAB).
Editor: Noel Lally
Deputy Editor: Simon Petrie
Design and Production: Kasra Yousefi
Editorial advisory board
The role of the CDI Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) is to:
- provide expert advice to the CDI editorial team; advocate for CDI in the broader community;
- serve as a critical sounding board for the editorial team on editorial ideas and themes;
- provide ideas for features and news and thoughts on current trends; and provide constructive feedback on published issues.
David Durrheim
Mark Ferson
Clare Huppatz
John Kaldor
Martyn Kirk
Meru Sheel
Stephanie Williams
Correspondence
Correspondence should be sent to: cdi.editor@health.gov.au
ISSN
ISSN: 2209-6051 (Online)
Disclaimer
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.