Vol. 7 No. 3 (2016): July – September

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2016.7.3

Published: 11-07-2016

Brief Report

Responding to the syphilis outbreak in Japan: piloting a questionnaire to evaluate potential risk factors for incident syphilis infection among men who have sex with men in Tokyo, Japan, 2015

Masahiro Ishikane, Yuzo Arima, Ichiro Itoda, Takuri Takahashi, Takuya Yamagishi, Tamano Matsui, Tomimasa Sunagawa, Kazunori Oishi, Makoto Ohnishi

Original Research

Perceptions on the risk communication strategy during the 2013 avian influenza A/H7N9 outbreak in humans in China: a focus group study

Richun Li, Ruiqian Xie, Chong Yang, Melinda Frost
Measles prevention in adolescents: lessons learnt from implementing a high school catch-up vaccination programme in New South Wales, Australia, 2014–2015

Sonya Nicholl, Holly Seale, Vicky Sheppeard, Sue Campbell-Lloyd

Outbreak Investigation Report

Investigation of a measles outbreak in Cordillera, Northern Philippines, 2013

Paola Katrina Ching, Ma Justina Zapanta, Vikki Carr de los Reyes, Enrique Tayag, Rio Magpantay

Surveillance Report

Trends in the incidence of acute watery diarrhoea in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2009–2013

Souphatsone Houatthongkham, Noikaseumsy Sithivong, Gregory Jennings, Manilay Phengxay, Phanthaneeya Teepruksa, Bouaphanh Khamphaphongphane, Phengta Vongphrachanh, Kongmany Southalack, Dapeng Luo, Cindy H Chiu

Surveillance System Implementation / Evaluation

Enhanced syndromic surveillance for mass gatherings in the Pacific: a case study of the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts in Solomon Islands, 2012

Damian Hoy, Salanieta Saketa, Roy Roger Maraka, Alison Sio, Ian Wanyeki, Pascal Frison, Divi Ogaoga, Dennie Iniakawala, Cynthia Joshua, Sala Duituturaga, Christelle Lepers, Adam Roth, Paul White, Yvan Souares