The Pacific experience: supporting small island countries and territories to meet their 2012 International Health Regulations (2005) commitments
Author(s): Adam Craig | Jacob Kool | Eric Nilles
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Ongoing outbreak of dengue serotype-3 in Solomon Islands, January to May 2013
Author(s): Francisco Nogareda | Cynthia Joshua | Alison Sio | Matthew Shortus | Tenneth Dalipanda | Kara Durski | Jennie Musto | Elliot Puiahi | Alfred Dofai | John Aaskov | Van Mai Cao-Lormeau | Didier Musso | Nick Dutta | Juliet Fleisch | Eric Nilles
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Implementing the International Health Regulations (2005) in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region
Author(s): Li Ailan
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Human resources for health: lessons from the cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea
Author(s): Alexander Rosewell | Sibauk Bieb | Geoff Clark | Geoff Miller | Raina MacIntyre | Anthony Zwi
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Vibrio cholerae antimicrobial drug resistance, Papua New Guinea, 2009–2011
Author(s): Manoj Murhekar | Samir Dutta | Berry Ropa | Rosheila Dagina | Enoch Posanai | Alexander Rosewell
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Ongoing rubella outbreak among adults in Tokyo, Japan, June 2012 to April 2013
Author(s): Yoshiyuki Sugishita | Takuri Takahashi | Narumi Hori | Mitsuru Abo
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




A family cluster of nitrite poisoning, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China, 2013
Author(s): Ruiping Wang | Chen-gang Teng | Ning Zhang | Jun Zhang | George Conway
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Event-based surveillance in Papua New Guinea: strengthening an International Health Regulations (2005) core capacity
Author(s): Roshiela Dagina | Manoj Murhekar | Alex Rosewell | Boris I Pavlin
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




The legacies of SARS – international preparedness and readiness to respond to future threats in the Western Pacific Region
Author(s): John S Mackenzie | Angela Merianos
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




International Health Regulations (2005): public health event communications in the Western Pacific Region
Author(s): Emily Fearnley | Li Ailan
Volume: 4
Issue: 3
Year: 2013




Oseltamivir resistance among influenza viruses: surveillance in northern Viet Nam, 2009–2012
Author(s): Hoang Vu Mai-Phuong | Nguyen Co Thach | Nguyen Le Khanh Hang | Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong | Le Quynh Mai
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Avian influenza A(H7N9) and the closure of live bird markets
Author(s): Manoj Murhekar | Yuzo Arima | Peter Horby | Katelijn AH Vandemael | Sirenda Vong | Feng Zijian | Chin-Kei Lee | Ailan Li | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific Event Management Team
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




The threat of chikungunya in Oceania
Author(s): Paul Horwood | Grace Bande | Roshiela Dagina | Laurent Guillaumot | John Aaskov | Boris Pavlin
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Assessment of gender distribution in dengue surveillance data, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Author(s): Nouda Prasith | Onechanh Keosavanh | Manilay Phengxay | Sara Stone | Hannah C Lewis | Reiko Tsuyuoka | Tamano Matsui | Panom Phongmanay | Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane | Yuzo Arima
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




An increase in neural tube defect notifications, South Australia, 2009–2010
Author(s): Louise Flood | Wendy Scheil | Anh-Minh Nguyen | Leonie Sage | Joan Scott
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




The tuberculosis profile of the Philippines, 2003–2011: advancing DOTS and beyond
Author(s): Rosalind Vianzon | Anna Marie Celina Garfin | Arthur Lagos | Roxanne Belen
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Avian influenza A(H7N9): information-sharing through government web sites in the Western Pacific Region
Author(s): Nahoko Harada | Nyka Alexander | Babatunde Olowokure | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific Event Management Team
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Epidemiologic update on the dengue situation in the Western Pacific Region, 2011
Author(s): Yuzo Arima | Zoe Rebecca Edelstein | Hwi Kwang Han | Tamano Matsui
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Three cases of neonatal tetanus in Papua New Guinea lead to development of national action plan for maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination
Author(s): Siddharta Sankar Datta | Roland Barnabas | Adeline Sitther | Laura Guarenti | Steven Toikilik | Grace Kariwiga | Gerard Pai Sui
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Human infections with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus in China: preliminary assessments of the age and sex distribution
Author(s): Yuzo Arima | Rongqiang Zu | Manuj Murhekar | Sirenda Vong | Tomoe Shimada | WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific Event Management Team
Volume: 4
Issue: 2
Year: 2013




Using tuberculosis surveillance data for informed programmatic decision-making
Author(s): Nobuyuki Nishikiori | Fukushi Morishita
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Strengthened tuberculosis control programme and trend of multidrug resistant tuberculosis rate in Osaka City, Japan
Author(s): Akira Shimouchi | Akihiro Ohkado | Kenji Matsumoto | Jun Komukai | Hideki Yoshida | Nobukatsu Ishikawa
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis cases by risk groups, Japan, 2007–2010
Author(s): Kazuhiro Uchimura | Jintana Ngamvithayapong-Yanai | Lisa Kawatsu | Akihiro Ohkado | Takashi Yoshiyama | Akira Shimouchi | Kunihiko Ito | Nobukatsu Ishikawa
Volume: 4
Issue: 1
Year: 2013




Mumps-containing vaccine effectiveness during outbreaks in two schools in Guangdong, China, 2012
Author(s): Wang Man | Zhao Jin-kou | Wang Tao | Hao Li-xin | Ma Chao | Su Qi-ru | Luo Hui-ming
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Investigation of a mumps outbreak in Mongolia, January to April 2011
Author(s): Igore Munkhjargal | Jargalsaikhan Selenge | Amarjargal Ambaselmaa | Rentseng Tuul | Purevsuren Delgermaa | Sarankhuu Amarzaya | Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa | Barhas Byambajav | Dapeng Luo
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Clostridium difficile infection outbreak in a male rehabilitation ward, Hong Kong (China), 2011
Author(s): Tsz-sum Lam | Man-ting Yuk | Ngai-chong Tsang | Man-ha Wong | Shuk-kwan Chuang
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Pertussis outbreak in Papua New Guinea: the challenges of response in a remote geo-topographical setting
Author(s): Siddhartha Sankar Datta | Steven Toikilik | Berry Ropa | Glenys Chidlow | William Lagani
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Is the HIV sentinel surveillance system adequate in China? Findings from an evaluation of the national HIV sentinel surveillance system
Author(s): Wen Lin | Sanny Chen | Nicole Seguy | Zhongdan Chen | Keith Sabin | Jesus García Calleja | Marc Bulterys
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




‘Surprise’: Outbreak of Campylobacter infection associated with chicken liver pâté at a surprise birthday party, Adelaide, Australia, 2012
Author(s): Amy Parry | Emily Fearnley | Emma Denehy
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




An outbreak of acute gastroenteritis associated with contaminated bottled water in a university – Jiangxi, China, 2012
Author(s): Ruiping Wang | Huijian Cheng | Jun Zong | Ping Yu | Weijie Fu | Fuqiang Yang | Guoqing Shi | Guang Zeng
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Vibrio parahaemolyticus enteritis outbreak following a wedding banquet in a rural village – Kampong Speu, Cambodia, April 2012
Author(s): Som Vandy | Som Leakhann | Has Phalmony | Justin Denny | Maria Concepcion Roces
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Measles transmission in health care waiting rooms: implications for public health response
Author(s): Kirsty Hope | Rowena Boyd | Stephen Conaty | Patrick Maywood
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Tracking oseltamivir-resistance in New Zealand influenza viruses during a medicine reclassification in 2007, a resistant-virus importation in 2008 and the 2009 pandemic
Author(s): Richard J Hall | Matthew Peacey | Jacqui C Ralston | Danielle J de Joux | Judy Bocacao | Mackenzie Nicol | Molly Ziki | Wendy Gunn | Jing Wang | Q Sue Huang
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Risk assessment of human infection with a novel bunyavirus in China
Author(s): Wei-yi Xiong | Zi-jian Feng | Tamano Matsui | Alice Ruth Foxwell
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Possible nosocomial transmission of measles in unvaccinated children in a Singapore public hospital
Author(s): Constance Low | Koh Cheng Thoon | Raymond Lin | Ariel Chua | Pengiran Hishamuddin | Joanne Tay | Jeffery Cutter
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Outbreak Investigations in the Western Pacific
Author(s): Michelle McPherson | Ailan Li
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Two cases of severe pneumonia after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Author(s): Toshihide Nakadate | Yutaka Nakamura | Kohei Yamauchii | Shigeatu Endo
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Investigation of an outbreak of cutaneous anthrax in Banlu village, Lianyungang, China, 2012
Author(s): Zhang Ting-lu | Cui Liang-liang | Li Li | Zhang Ming-lei | Qi Fang | Ying Liang | Bao Chang-jun
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




An outbreak of hepatitis A associated with a contaminated well in a middle school, Guangxi, China
Author(s): Xu Ye-qing | Cui Fu-qing | Zhuo Jia-tong | Zhang Guo-ming | Du Jin-fa | Den Qu-yun | Luo Hui-min
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




Increasing syphilis notifications in Mongolia: results from national surveillance for 2001–2011
Author(s): Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa | Choijiljaviin Erdenechimeg | Jadambaagiin Narantuya | Aumakhanii Bulbul | Jamsranjaviin Tugsjargal | Erdenebatiin Dolgion | Erdenebaatariin Soyolmaa | Minjuuriin Enkhtuya | Badrakhiin Jugderjav | Sodnomyn Otgonsukh
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




A foodborne outbreak of Aeromonas hydrophila in a college, Xingyi City, Guizhou, China, 2012
Author(s): Qian Zhang | Guo-Qing Shi | Guang-Peng Tang | Zhi-Tin Zou | Guang-Hai Yao | Guang Zeng
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




An outbreak of syphilis in Darkhan-Uul, Mongolia, January to March 2012
Author(s): Battsendiin Munkhzul | Batjargaliin Batdorja | Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Year: 2012




A community-based sero-epidemiologic al study of hepatitis B infection in Lianyungang, China, 2010
Author(s): Zhang Ting-lu | Xiao Zhi-Ping | Ling Hong-yu | Ge Chang-hong | Ying Liang | Ding Qiang | Xu Kai-ling | Mao Yan-ming | Du Yue-he | Zhu Ling-yang
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




High-risk and multiple human papillomavirus infections among married women in Can Tho, Viet Nam
Author(s): Lan Thi Hoang Vu
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




Strengthening surveillance of and response to HIV in the Western Pacific
Author(s): Dongbao Yu | Ying-Ru Lo
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




Surveillance should be strengthened to improve epidemiological understandings of mosquito-borne Barmah Forest virus infection
Author(s): Lutz Ehlkes | Keith Eastwood | Cameron Webb | David Durrheim
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




Innovative data tools: a suite for managing peer outreach to key affected populations in Viet Nam
Author(s): Nguyen Thien Nga | David Jacka | Nguyen Kieu Trinh | Neil Boisen | Josselyn Neukom
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




Analysis of fatal outcomes from influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Mongolia
Author(s): Jantsansengeegiin Baigalmaa | Tseesurengiin Tuul | Badarchyn Darmaa | Erdenebaatariin Soyolmaa
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




Respiratory virus laboratory pandemic planning an surveillance in central Viet Nam, 2008-2010
Author(s): Thomas Tran | Bui Trong Chien | Georgina Papadakis | Julian Druce | Chris Birch | Doris Chibo | Truong Phuoc An | Le Thi Kim Trang | Nguyen Bao Trieu | Doan Thi Thanh Thuy | Mike Catton | Trinh Xuan Mai
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012




Uptake of interventions for preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in 11 operational districts in Cambodia
Author(s): Samreth Sovannareth | Sun Sokleng | Tep Romaing | Tuon Sovanna | Emily Welle | Masami Fujita | Khrisna C. Poudel | Magdalena Barr-DiChiara | Ngauv Bora | Seng Sopheap | Mam Sovatha | Penelope Campbell | Mean Chhi Vun
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Year: 2012



