Vol. 7 No. 1 (2016): January – March

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.1

Published: 11-01-2016

Outbreak Investigation Report

Hidden varicella outbreak, Luang Prabang Province, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, December 2014 to January 2015

Bounthanom Sengkeopraseuth, Khonesavanh Bounma, Chansone Siamong, Siddhartha Datta, Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Phengta Vongphachanh, Dapeng Luo, Michael O’Reilly, Cindy H Chiu
An outbreak investigation of scrub typhus in Western Province, Solomon Islands, 2014

Michael Marks, Cynthia Joshua, Jenny Longbottom, Katherine Longbottom, Alison Sio, Elliot Puiahi, Greg Jilini, John Stenos, Tenneth Dalipanda, Jennie Musto
An outbreak of congenital rubella syndrome in Solomon Islands, 2013

Kara N Durski, Carol Tituli, Divi Ogaoga, Jennie Musto, Cynthia Joshua, Alfred Dofai, Jennie Leydon, Eric Nilles

Original Research

Effect of antiviral prophylaxis on influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities in three local health districts in New South Wales, Australia, 2014

Tony Merritt, Kirsty Hope, Michelle Butler, David Durrheim, Leena Gupta, Zeina Najjar, Stephen Conaty, Leng Boonwaat, Stephanie Fletcher

Brief Report

Engaging the international community during the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in the Republic of Korea

Minwon Lee, Hoohee Nam, Sun-Gyu Lee, Ok Park, Youngmee Jee, Kidong Park
Surveillance and response of hepatitis B virus in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1988–2014

Ada Wai-chi Lin, Ka-Hing Wong
Communicating about the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak to the international community and in-country foreigners, Republic of Korea, 2015

Minwon Lee, Jooyoung Sohn, Kidong Park
Underreporting of influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities in South Western Sydney, Australia, 2014

Leng Boonwaat, Stephanie Fletcher-Lartey, Stephen Conaty
Using the two-source capture–recapture method to estimate the incidence and case ascertainment of congenital rubella syndrome in Australia, 1993–2013

Nicolee Martin, David Durrheim, Gulam Khandaker, Michelle Butler, Cheryl Jones

Lessons from the Field

Vector-control response in a post-flood disaster setting, Honiara, Solomon Islands, 2014

Matthew Shortus, Jennie Musto, Hugo Bugoro, Charles Butafa, Alison Sio, Cynthia Joshua

Regional Analysis

Preparedness for Zika virus testing in the World Health Organization Western Pacific Region

Raynal C Squires, Frank Konings