CHRONICLES: January 1, 2006–December 31, 2006

AFCI Quarterly Input – UNLV January 1 through March 31, 2006

A report from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia: 1 January to 31 March 2006.

The Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) consists of communicable disease authorities from various Australian Government agencies and state and territory health authorities, in addition to expert bodies and individuals in the specifi c areas of communicable disease epidemiology, clinical management, disease control and laboratory diagnosis. The CDNA provides national public health lea...

Quarterly report OzFoodNet OzFoodNet : quarterly report , 1 January to 31 March 2006

The OzFoodNet Working Group is (in alphabetical order): Kylie Begg (ACT), Robert Bell (Qld), Philippa Binns (NT), Andrew Black (ACT), M Bookallil (NT), Barry Combs (SA), Craig Dalton (Hunter New England), Gerard Fitzsimmons (DoHA), Robyn Gibbs (WA), Joy Gregory (Vic), Gillian Hall (NCEPH), Geoff Hogg (MDU), Martyn Kirk (DoHA), Karin Lalor (Vic), Tony Merritt (Hunter New England), Sally Munnoch ...

Report of the Poison Control Centre for the period 1 November 2005 - 31 January 2006.

The Croatian national Poison Control Centre, a health service founded in 1974 by the Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health in Zagreb, provides a 24-hour telephone guidance for poisoning emergencies, information and consultations on toxic exposure for occupational health physicians, professional and public health education in toxicology and poison control and other poison preven...

Outbreak of pertussis, 1 January to 31 March 2009.

Pertussis (whooping cough) is an acute bacterial infection of the respiratory tract cause by Bordetella pertussis. The initial catarrhal stage has an insidious onset with an irritating cough that gradually becomes paroxysmal, usually within 1–2 weeks and lasting for 1–2 months or longer. Paroxysms can be followed by a characteristic high-pitched inspira-tory whoop. 1 Transmission is by direct c...