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Infectious diseases

Letters

Emergence of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 15A after the introduction of the conjugate vaccine in Victoria

Janet E Strachan, Stacey L Rowe, Eileen M Dunne and Geoffrey G Hogg

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 461-463

Letters

Treatment outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates with hepatitis C in New South Wales prisons

Jeffrey J Post, Andrew R Lloyd and Denise Monkley

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 464

Letters

The look of leptospirosis in Victoria — recent trends

Jason A Trubiano, Brett A Sutton and Lucinda J Franklin

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 465

Letters

Acute febrile respiratory infection symptoms in Australian Hajjis at risk of exposure to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Harunor Rashid, Osamah Barasheed and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 453

Case reports

First report of probable neurobrucellosis in Australia

Wendy J Munckhof, Amy V Jennison, John R Bates and Ian Gassiep

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (6): 423-425 Free

Letters

Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG?

Amanda Gwee, Ranmali Rodrigo, Dan Casalaz, Nicole Ritz and Nigel Curtis

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (5): 324-326

Research

A description of human hydatid disease in Tasmania in the post-eradication era

Jennifer A O’Hern and Louise Cooley

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (2): 117-120 Free

Letters

Outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients who access treatment for hepatitis C in the Top End of the Northern Territory

Joshua S Davis, Anuja C Kulatunga and Krispin Hajkowicz

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 23 Free

Letters

Locally acquired severe non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae infection associated with ingestion of imported seafood

Chiao-Yun Hsu, Simon Pollett, Patricia Ferguson, Brenden J McMullan, Vicki Sheppeard and Suzanne E Mahady

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 26-27 Free

Research

Impact of swimming on chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a randomised controlled trial

Anna T N Stephen, Amanda J Leach and Peter S Morris

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 51-55 Free

Case reports

A pilgrim's progress: severe Rickettsia conorii infection complicated by gangrene

Puvesh Punj, Renjy Nelson, Sarah Gardiner, Michelle Lodge, Stephen R Graves and Morgyn S Warner

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 629-631

Reflections

The drama of zoonoses

Charles S Guest

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 634

Research

Sevenfold rise in likelihood of pertussis test requests in a stable set of Australian general practice encounters, 2000–2011

Marlena C Kaczmarek, Lisa Valenti, Heath A Kelly, Robert S Ware, Helena C Britt and Stephen B Lambert

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 624-628 Free

Editorials

Prevention of peripheral intravenous catheter-related bloodstream infections: the need for a new focus

Claire M Rickard, Joan Webster and E Geoffrey Playford

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 519-520

Perspectives

Immigration screening for latent tuberculosis infection

Justin T Denholm

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 524

Research

Peripheral intravenous catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: more than 5 years of prospective data from two tertiary health services

Rhonda L Stuart, Donna R M Cameron, Carmel Scott, Despina Kotsanas, M Lindsay Grayson, Tony M Korman, Elizabeth E Gillespie and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 551-553 Free

Research

Human papillomavirus vaccine in boys: background rates of potential adverse events

Hazel J Clothier, Katherine J Lee, Vijaya Sundararajan, Jim P Buttery and Nigel W Crawford

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (10): 554-558 Free

Case reports

Steroids control paradoxical worsening of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection following initiation of antibiotic therapy

Janine M Trevillyan and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (8): 443-444 Free

Perspectives

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis hovers threateningly at Australia’s door

Tony Kirby

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 355 Free

Perspectives

Challenges in regulating influenza vaccines for children

Paul V Effler and Heath A Kelly

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 360-362

Letters

Public health management of hepatitis B virus contacts

Karin Leder

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 366

Research

Hospital-acquired influenza in an Australian sentinel surveillance system

Nenad Macesic, Tom C Kotsimbos, Paul Kelly and Allen C Cheng, on behalf of the FluCAN investigators

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 370-372 Free

Research

A cross-sectional study of susceptibility to vaccine-preventable diseases among prison entrants in New South Wales

Sarah Larney, Denise L Monkley, Devon Indig and Stephen E Hampton

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 376-379 Free

Editorials

Evidence-based policies for the control of influenza

Heath A Kelly and Nicholas Kelley

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (7): 349-350

Research

Risk of measles transmission on aeroplanes: Australian experience 2007–2011

Veronica C Hoad, Bridget A O’Connor, Andrew J Langley and Gary K Dowse

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (6): 320-323 Free