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Volume 221 Issue 4

19 August 2024

Editor's choice

Effective management of infectious diseases requires ongoing engagement across the health system

Virginia Barbour

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 177-177 Free

Perspective

National pharmacovigilance of seasonal influenza vaccines in Australia

Megan O'Moore, Belinda Jones, Megan Hickie, Catherine Glover, Lucy Deng, Yuanfei Huang, Michael Dymock, Evelyn Tay, Julie A Marsh and Nicholas Wood

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 178-181 Open Access

The challenges of malaria elimination in the Asia–Pacific region

Freya JI Fowkes, Leanne J Robinson, Julie A Simpson, Kamala Thriemer, Moses Laman and Win Han Oo

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 182-185 Open Access

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Group A streptococcal colitis: an under‐recognised entity?

Samuel W L‐W Baumgart, Suzanne English, Tony Sebastian, Sarika Suresh and Timothy J Gray

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 186-187 Free

Lessons from practice

Severe tetanus infections across New South Wales in 2023

Romeo Torres, Ernest Tee, Sophie Harper, Leemin Chan, John Ng and Andie Lee

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 188-191

Lessons from practice

Treatment‐resistant tinea caused by Trichophyton indotineae in Australia

Kyra YL Chua, Catriona L Halliday, Sharon C‐A Chen, Sonia Koning, Jedrzej Pawlikowski, Philipp du Cros and Tony M Korman

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 192-194 Open Access

Editorial

The resurgence of congenital syphilis in Australia: novel approaches and sustained, effective public health efforts are required

Stephanie Bond and Marcus Y Chen

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 195-196 Free

Ensuring a fit‐for‐purpose resource for consumers, clinicians and health services: the updated Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard

Ilana N Ackerman, Fiona Doukas, Rachelle Buchbinder, Sally Dooley, Wendy Favorito, Phoebe Holdenson Kimura, David J Hunter, James Linklater, John B North, Louise Elvin‐Walsh, Christopher Vertullo, Alice L Bhasale and Samantha Bunzli

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 197-200 Open Access

Research

Notification rates for syphilis in women of reproductive age and congenital syphilis in Australia, 2011–2021: a retrospective cohort analysis of national notifications data

Belinda Hengel, Hamish McManus, Robert Monaghan, Donna B Mak, Amy Bright, Ximena Tolosa, Kellie Mitchell, Lorraine Anderson, Jackie R Thomas, Nathan Ryder, Louise Causer, Rebecca J Guy and Skye McGregor

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 201-208 Open Access

Outcomes for people admitted to Australian and New Zealand intensive care units with primary, exacerbating, or incidental SARS‐CoV‐2 infections, 2022–23: a retrospective analysis of ANZICS data

Alastair Brown, Andrew Udy, Martyn Kirk, Sonya Bennett, Shaila Chavan, Sue Huckson and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 209-216 Open Access

The public health and economic burden of long COVID in Australia, 2022–24: a modelling study

Valentina Costantino, Quentin Grafton, Tom Kompas, Long Chu, Damian Honeyman, Adriana Notaras and C Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 217-223 Open Access

Research letter

Tetanus, pertussis, and diphtheria vaccination coverage in older adults, Australia, 2023: analysis of Australian Immunisation Register data

Alexandra J Hendry, Helen E Quinn, Kristine Macartney and Frank H Beard

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 224-225 Open Access

Letter to the editor

Comment

The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study

Jeremy L Millar

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 226-226 Free

Reply

The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study

Anne Holland and Simone Dal Corso

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (4): 226-226 Free