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The Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin is published quarterly and provides summaries of infectious diseases surveillance data, local news, outbreak investigations, infection control procedures, clinical cases of general interest and brief reports on original clinical or laboratory based research. The bulletin is distributed free of charge to persons with an interest in the control and treatment of infectious diseases in Victoria.
Current issue
Volume 14, Issue 3, September 2011
- Patterns of norovirus-associated gastroenteritis outbreaks in Victoria 2001–2010
- A case of leptospirosis linked to increased rainfall and concomitant rodent plague
- Reports of bloodstream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, January - June 2011
- Update on Shigellosis
- Immunisation coverage report, Victoria, June 2011
- Immunisation for people who work with children
- Communicable disease surveillance in Victoria, April–June 2011
- Subscriptions
- Previous issues
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2011
Volume 14, Issue 2, June 2011- The epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in Victoria, 2001–2009
- Murray Valley encephalitis virus sero-survey of northern Victoria, 2008
- There is more to chickens than KFC!
- Trends in Haemophilus influenzae serotyping, Victoria, 2006–2010
- Increase in reports of Salmonellosis in Victoria, 2011
- Improving infectious disease notification project: an update
- Immunisation coverage report, Victoria, March 2011
- Communicable disease surveillance in Victoria, January–March 2011
Volume 14, Issue 1 March 2011- Elevated blood lead notifications: the first six months
- An influenza outbreak in a regional dementia specific residential facility: management issues
- Reports of blood stream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, July–December 2010
- Immunisation report, Victoria, March 2011
- Chief Health Officer alert: Pneumovax23 vaccine second dose suspended
- Communicable disease surveillance in Victoria, October–December 2010
2010
Volume 13, Issue 4, December 2010- Laboratory testing of Shigella
- An outbreak of shigellosis among sex with men, Victoria, 2008
- An outbreak of Shigella sonnei biotype g infections in men who have sex with men, Sydney, 2008
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2010- Group A streptococcal infections in Victoria 2005–2009
- Surveillance report
- Hepatic haemophagocytic syndrome secondary to Hepatitis A
- Infectious diseases notification trends and practices in Victoria, 2009
- Reports of bloodstream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, January–June 2010
Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2010- A continuing pertussis epidemic in Victoria, 2009
- Free whooping cough vaccine for parents of newborn babies: fact sheet
- Changes in varicella and zoster incidence in Victoria from 1995 to 2007
- Seasonal influenza vaccine for children under five years of age resumed
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2010- Ten years of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream and cerebrospinal fluid isolates in Victoria: reports to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, 1999–2008
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Bulletin: our subscriber base
- Testing for HIV and other STIs among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Victoria: 2008
- Notified cases of influenza in Victoria, 2009
- Reports of blood stream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, July–December 2009
- New Public Health and Wellbeing legislation
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2009
Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2009- Mathematical modelling of H1N1 influenza: determining age-specific transmission rates to inform healthcare policy in Victoria
- Swine flu vaccine rollout in Victoria: an update
- Peculiarities of Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) epidemics in south–eastern Australia: the Indian Ocean dipole (IOD) as a predictor of epidemics
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 12, Issue 3, September 2009- Suspected Clostridium perfringens outbreak associated with a buffet-style lunch in a Victorian restaurant
- Reports of bloodstream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, January–June 2009
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2009- Investigation of a sharp increase in notified cases of pertussis in Victoria during 2008
- Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza (human swine flu): the Victorian Government’s response
- Letter to the editor: Endemicity of Murray Valley encephalitis virus (MVEV) in south-east Australia
- Obituary: Dr Noel Bennett
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2009- An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 44 at a rural boarding school in Victoria
- Medical practitioner notification trends and practices in Victoria, 2007–2008
- Improving infectious disease notification rates: a medical practitioner survey
- Reports of blood stream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen
- Surveillance Scheme, July– December 2008
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2008
Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2008- Murray Valley encephalitis: indeed a mysterious disease
- Victorian egg communication strategy
- Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella infections in Victoria
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2008- An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 135 at a family Christmas day gathering
- Tuberculosis epidemiology in Victoria in 2007: continuation of recent trends
- Reports of bloodstream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, January–June 2008
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2008- Proactive approaches to improving immunisation programs: lessons from the evaluation of the childhood pneumococcal vaccination program in Victoria
- The impact of infant pneumococcal vaccination on the serotypes of invasive pneumococcal disease in Victoria, 2003–2007
- New notifiable diseases: chickenpox and herpes zoster
- Flavivirus detections
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2008- The challenges of hospital-based influenza-like illness surveillance
- HIV, syphilis and chlamydia in men who have sex with men in Victoria: testing, risk behaviour and prevalence
- Letter to the editor: New approaches to determine the mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans
- Reports of blood stream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, July–December 2007
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2007
Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2007- Infectious diseases notification trends and practices in Victoria, 2006
- GB virus C: an association showing reduction in liver disease in HCV/HIV co-infection
- Non-pneumococcal streptococcal bloodstream and cerebrospinal fluid infections in Victoria: reports to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, 2002–2006
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2007- Psittacosis notifications trends in Victoria, 2000–2006
- High level excretion of norovirus RNA from gastroenteritis outbreak cases after the cessation of acute symptoms
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2007- Aeromonas bloodstream infections in Victoria, 1990 to 2006
- An outbreak of Salmonella Saintpaul linked to rockmelons
- Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance on BBVs and STIs: an update
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2007- Modelling the biology and transmission of influenza virus – learning from 1918–19 and other outbreaks
- Influenza pandemic planning in Victoria: an update
- Infectious diseases news
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2006
Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2006- An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in northern Melbourne, Victoria, 2006
- Infectious diseases news
- The changing epidemiology of pertussis in Victoria
- Ten years of Haemophilus influenzae blood stream infections and meningitis, Victoria
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2006- The effectiveness of intensive laboratory follow-up for hepatitis C infections in Victoria, January–March 2006
- Infectious diseases news
- Reports of bloodstream infections and meningitis to the Victorian Hospital Pathogen Surveillance Scheme, January–June 2006
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2006- Two cases of perinatal tuberculosis
- Infectious diseases news
- Research in remote Aboriginal communities: medical students’ experience
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2006- Syndromic surveillance for influenza: how well do emergency department diagnoses correlate with notified cases?
- Infectious diseases news
- Sustained increase of HIV diagnoses in Victoria: epidemiology, testing and interventions
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2005
Volume 8, Issue 3, December 2005- Common and important gram-negative bacilli causing blood-stream infections and meningitis in Victoria, January 2000–June 2005
- Infectious diseases news
- Infectious diseases notification trends and practices in Victoria, 2004
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 8, Issue 2, September 2005- Salmonella Typhimurium 197 outbreak linked to a Turkish restaurant
- Infectious diseases news
- Infectious diseases news
- Letter to the editor
- Norovirus outbreaks at sequential school camps
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 8, Issue 1, June 2005- The epidemiology of a cluster of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections in Point Lonsdale
- Infectious diseases news
- Malaria in newly arrived refugees
- Influenza pandemic planning in Victoria
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2004
Volume 7, Issue 3, December 2004- Acute hepatitis B in Victoria 1997–2003
- Transmission of malaria in Victoria: is it possible and has it occurred?
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 7, Issue 2, September 2004- Salmonella Typhimurium 30 phage type 9 outbreak linked to a Melbourne pizza restaurant
- Child and adolescent vaccine studies in Melbourne
- Eulogy for Dr Kath Taylor
- Infectious diseases news
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2004- Creutzfeld-Jakob disease: a review of current knowledge
- Infectious diseases news
- Surveillance of bloodstream infections and meningitis in 2003 by the Victorian Hospital Pathogens Surveillance Scheme
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2003
Volume 6, Issue 4, December 2003- Flu in the barracks
- Infectious diseases news
- Leptospirosis: a case of pulmonary haemorrhage after kayaking
- Large scale screening for tuberculosis at a metropolitan university
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 6, Issue 3, September 2003- Vaccines—from idea to implementation
- Infectious diseases news
- The Melbourne Medical Locum Service and sentinel surveillance for influenza-like illness
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 6, Issue 2, June 2003- Victoria’s response to SARS
- Infectious diseases news
- Surveillance for group A streptococcal diseases in Victoria—the first 12 months
- Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak
- Measles—get vaccinated!
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2003- West Nile virus—a potentially serious threat to Australia?
- Infectious diseases news
- Genital chlamydia—investigating the problem in Victoria
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2002
Volume 5, Issue 3, October 2002- The use of dried blood spots to detect antibodies to hepatitis C virus
- Infectious diseases news
- An outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in East Gippsland travellers
- Conjugate meningococcal C vaccines—FAQ
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2002- HIV surveillance in Victoria 2001
- Recent HIV infection in Victoria 1999–2000 determined by detuned EIA
- Infectious diseases news
- Privacy legislation and notifiable diseases in Victoria
- Vaccination against meningococcal disease
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2002- Assessing microbial risks from drinking water: The water quality study
- Infectious diseases news
- Two summer outbreaks of influenza A in aged care facilities in Victoria, 2002
- Electron microscope identification of poxvirus in clinical samples in Victoria, 1997–2001
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2001
Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2001- Case-control studies of sporadic cryptosporidiosis in Melbourne and Adelaide
- Infectious diseases news
- A conditioned response to head lice
- An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type linked to a restaurant in Victoria
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2001- Vaccination of adults and health care workers
- Infectious diseases news
- Capnocytophaga canimorsus: A serious infection masquerading as a serious infection
- The Mycobacterium Reference Laboratory—Activities during 2000
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 4, Issue 2, June 2001- Hepatitis C: Enhancing routine surveillance in Victoria
- Infectious diseases news
- DNA fingerprinting analysis of Australian Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains using Gelcompar™
- Sequential transmission of Norwalk virus at a holiday camp
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2001- HIV surveillance in Victoria, 2000
- Infectious diseases news
- Congenital rubella syndrome surveillance: Can we do it better?
- Optimal specimen type and sampling time for recovery of measles virus RNA
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance report
2000
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2000- A victory against polio
- Infectious diseases news
- Mosquitoes and arboviruses in Melbourne: Are residents at risk?
- Case report from the Melbourne Infectious Diseases Group
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
- Victorian STD surveillance
- Report
Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2000- Psittacosis surveillance Victoria, 1991–1999
- Infectious diseases news
- Experience of the National High Security Quarantine Laboratory
- Case report from the Melbourne Infectious Diseases Group
- A new vaccination schedule for Victoria
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
- Victorian STD surveillance report
Volume 3, Issue 2, August 2000- Clusters of legionnaire’s disease in Victoria—autumn 2000
- Legionella outbreak: The VIDRL perspective
- Infectious diseases news
- Do child care centre staff contribute to physician visits and pressure for antibiotic prescription? Results of a survey of child care centre directors in Canada
- On the couch with Dr Rouch
- Echovirus epidemic
- Case reports from the Melbourne Infectious Diseases Group
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
- Victorian STD surveillance report
Volume 3, Issue 1, March 2000- Influenza 2000: What is coming our way?
- Infectious diseases news
- Would you like a pneumococcal vaccine with that flu shot?
- Global poliovirus eradication: Report on progress to December 1999
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
- Victorian STD surveillance report
1999
Volume 2, Issue 4, November 1999- Vaccination to halt meningococcal outbreak at school
- Infectious diseases news
- Preventing infections in overseas travellers
- Gastroenteritis in Victoria: Recent statistics and how not to be one
- Stability of blood-borne viruses in the environment and the risk of infection
- Transverse myelitis complicating acute measles
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
- Victorian STD surveillance report
Volume 2, Issue 2, May 1999- Measles outbreak: Young adults at high risk
- Influenza vaccines: Matching the strains
- Lessons from influenza surveillance
- Haemolytic uraemic syndrome: A clinical perspective
- Salmonella Virchow: An emerging problem in Victoria
- Naming Salmonellae
- Developments in laboratory tests for meningococcal disease
- Project client call: Men who pay for sex in Victoria
- Beside the limit: How HIV-1 can mask its true viral load
- Victorian STD surveillance report
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
Volume 2, Issue 1, January 1999- Norwalk-like viruses: Prevalence and control
- Infectious diseases news
- Chlamydia trachomatis in Victoria
- Infectious diseases resources on the Internet
- Mycobacterium ulcerans update
- Case reports from the Melbourne Infectious Diseases Group
- Immunisation update
- Surveillance briefs
1998
Volume 1, Issue 2, October 1998- The water we drink: Assessing its impact on human health
- Infectious diseases news
- A cluster of legionnaires’ disease in July 1998
- The legionella urinary antigen test: VIDRL’s experience
- Molecular subtyping of Legionella pneumophila SG1 isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
- Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing to detect and classify unusual pathogens
- Immunisation update
- Gonorrhoea infection in Victoria … on the rise?
- Surveillance briefs
Volume 1, Issue 1, July 1998- Bairnsdale ulcer goes global
- Infectious diseases news
- Clusters of Cryptosporidium infection in Victoria
- VTEC and EHEC: Verocytotoxigenic and enterohaemorrhagic E. coli
- Responding to the emergence of Vancomycin-resistant enterococci
- Case reports from the Melbourne Infectious Diseases Group
- Key role for laboratories in controlling measles in Australia
- Immunisation update
- Review of sexually transmissible diseases in Victoria in 1997
- Surveillance briefs
- Contributions
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Contributions are invited on any topic dealing with the control of infectious diseases. These may be in the form of articles, short reports or letters. Lead articles will be subject to peer review. Lead articles should be no more than 2500 words with a 200 word abstract, non-peer reviewed articles 2000 words and short reports and letters 800 words. Submissions should be in Microsoft Word compatible format with Vancouver-style references. Original data from which graphs and figures have been prepared should be included. Submissions will be edited to conform to the style of the bulletin.
Editor and Contributions
The Editor
Communicable Disease Control Unit
Telephone: (61 3) 9096 5872
