Volume 3, Issue 4, October to December 2012
Outbreak investigations in the Western Pacific
Editorial
Outbreak investigations in the Western Pacific
Michelle McPherson and Ailan Li
Outbreak Investigation Report
Pertussis outbreak in Papua New Guinea: the challenges of response in a remote geo-topographical setting
Siddhartha Sankar Datta, Steven Toikilik, Berry Ropa, Glenys Chidlow and William Lagani
Possible nosocomial transmission of measles in unvaccinated children in a Singapore public hospital
Constance Low, Koh Cheng Thoon, Raymond Lin, Ariel Chua, Pengiran Hishamuddin, Joanne Tay and Jeffery Cutter
Investigation of an outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in Banlu village, Lianyungang, China, 2012
Zhang Ting-lu, Cui Liang-liang, LI Li, Zhang Ming-lei, Qi Fang, Ying Liang and Bao Chang-jun
‘Surprise’: Outbreak of Campylobacter infection associated with chicken liver pâté at a surprise birthday party, Adelaide, Australia, 2012
Amy Parry, Emily Fearnley and Emma Denehy
An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis associated with contaminated bottled water in a university – Jiangxi, China, 2012
Ruiping Wang, Huijian Cheng, Jun Zong, Ping Yu, Weijie Fu, Fuqiang Yang, Guoqing Shi and Guang Zeng
Vibrio parahaemolyticus enteritis outbreak following a wedding banquet in a rural village – Kampong Speu, Cambodia, April 2012
Som Vandy, Som Leakhann, Has Phalmony, Justin Denny, and Maria Concepcion Roces
Mumps-containing vaccine effectiveness during outbreaks in two schools in Guangdong, China, 2012
Wang Man, Zhao Jin-kou, Wang Tao, Hao Li-xin, Ma Chao, Su Qi-ru and Luo Hui-ming
Measles transmission in health care waiting rooms: implications for public health response
Kirsty Hope, Rowena Boyd, Stephen Conaty and Patrick Maywood
A foodborne outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila in a college, Xingyi City, Guizhou, China, 2012
Qian Zhang, Guo-Qing Shi, Guang-Peng Tang, Zhi-Tin Zou, Guang-Hai Yao and Guang Zeng
An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with a contaminated well in a middle school, Guangxi, China
Xu Ye-qing, Cui Fu-qing, Zhuo Jia-tong, Zhang Guo-ming, Du Jin-fa, Den Qu-yun and Luo Hui-min
An outbreak of syphilis in Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia, January to March 2012
Battsendiin Munkhzul, Batjargaliin Batdorja and Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa
Original Research
Investigation of a mumps outbreak in Mongolia, January to April 2011
Igore Munkhjargal, Jargalsaikhan Selenge, Amarjargal Ambaselmaa, Rentseng Tuul, Purevsuren Delgermaa, Sarankhuu Amarzaya, Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa, Barhas Byambajav and Dapeng Luo
Letter to the Editor
Clostridium difficile infection outbreak in a male rehabilitation ward, Hong Kong (China), 2011
Tsz-sum Lam, Man-ting Yuk, Ngai-chong Tsang, Man-ha Wong and Shuk-kwan Chuang
Miscellaneous
Other topics
Risk Assessment
Risk assessment of human infection with a novel bunyavirus in China
Wei-yi Xiong, Zi-jian Feng, Tamano Matsui and Alice Ruth Foxwell
Case Report
Two cases of severe pneumonia after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Toshihide Nakadate, Yutaka Nakamura, Kohei Yamauchii and Shigeatu Endo
Original Research
Tracking oseltamivir-resistance in New Zealand influenza viruses during a medicine reclassification in 2007, a resistant-virus importation in 2008 and the 2009 pandemic
Richard J Hall, Matthew Peacey, Jacqui C Ralston, Danielle J de Joux, Judy Bocacao, Mackenzie Nicol, Molly Ziki, Wendy Gunn, Jing Wang and Q Sue Huang
Surveillance Evaluation
Is the HIV sentinel surveillance system adequate in China? Findings from an evaluation of the national HIV sentinel surveillance system
Wen Lin, Sanny Chen, Nicole Seguy, Zhongdan Chen, Keith Sabin, Jesus García Calleja and Marc Bulterys
Surveillance Report
Increasing syphilis notifications in Mongolia: results from national surveillance for 2001–2011
Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa, Choijiljaviin Erdenechimeg, Jadambaagiin Narantuya, Aumakhanii Bulbul, Jamsranjaviin Tugsjargal, Erdenebatiin Dolgion, Erdenebaatariin Soyolmaa, Minjuuriin Enkhtuya, Badrakhiin Jugderjav and Sodnomyn Otgonsukh
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