title: Communicable diseases surveillance: Highlights for 3rd quarter, 2003.
abstract: Communicable diseases surveillance highlights for 3rd quarter, 2003 (bloodborne diseases, gastrointestinal disease, vaccine preventable diseases, vectorborne diseases, zoonoses, other bacterial infections), and surveillance outcomes from several reporting series as follows: National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System tables, 1 July to 30 September 2003; Laboratory Serology and Virology Reporting Scheme tables, 1 July to 30 September 2003; Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2003; Gonococcal surveillance, reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2003; HIV and AIDS surveillance, reporting period 1 April to 30 June 2003, assessed as at 30 September 2003; Australian childhood immunisation coverage, 1 April to 30 June 2003 cohort, assessed as at 30 September 2003; National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance System, reporting period 1 July to 30 September 2003. These national data collections are complemented by intelligence provided by State and Territory communicable disease epidemiologists and/or data managers. This additional information has enabled the reporting of more informative highlights each quarter.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*