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National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System, 2004<br />

Annual report<br />

Abbreviations used in this report<br />

AFP Acute fl accid paralysis<br />

AIDS Acquired immune defi ciency syndrome<br />

AGSP Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme<br />

ASPREN Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network<br />

ASVS Australian St<strong>and</strong>ard Vaccination Schedule<br />

BFV Barmah Forest virus<br />

CDI Communicable Diseases Intelligence<br />

CDNA Communicable Diseases Network Australia<br />

DENV Dengue<br />

DSS Dengue Shock Syndrome<br />

DoHA Australian Government <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ageing</strong><br />

Hib Haemophilus infl uenzae type b<br />

HIV Human immunodefi ciency virus<br />

HUS Haemolytic uraemic syndrome<br />

ICD10-AM International Classifi cation <strong>of</strong> Diseases, version 10, Australian Modifi cation<br />

IPD Invasive pneumococcal disease<br />

JEV Japanese encephalitis virus<br />

KUNV Kunjin virus<br />

LabVISE Laboratory Virology <strong>and</strong> Serology Reporting Scheme<br />

MMR Measles-mumps-rubella<br />

MVEV Murray Valley encephalitis virus<br />

NAQS Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy<br />

NCHECR National Centre in HIV Epidemiology <strong>and</strong> Clinical Research<br />

NEC Not elsewhere classifi ed<br />

NN Not notifi able<br />

NNDSS National Notifi able Diseases Surveillance System<br />

NPA Northern peninsula area<br />

PCR Polymerase chain reaction<br />

RRV Ross River virus<br />

SARS Severe acute-respiratory syndrome<br />

SLTEC Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli<br />

STI(s) Sexually transmissible infection(s)<br />

TB Tuberculosis<br />

VPD(s) Vaccine preventable disease(s)<br />

VTEC Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli<br />

WHO World <strong>Health</strong> Organization<br />

CDI Vol 30 No 1 2006 9

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