Selection of articles

Selection of articles published in the first 20 issues of Inform’ACTION

Anthrax
Anthrax – General information and procedures – IA10 – 2001
Tom Kiedrzynski

Brucellosis
Brucella suis brucellosis outbreak in Wallis and Futuna – IA18 – 2004
Loïc de Poncheville, Laurent Morisse, François Nuttens, Jean-François Yvon

Cholera
Cholera outbreak in Pohnpei – IA7 – 2000
Amato Elymore, Jean-Paul Chaine

WHO recommendations for travellers from cholera-infected areas – IA7 – 2000
Michael J. O’Leary

Trade restrictions not recommended – IA7 – 2000
Tom Kiedrzynski

Preparedness for cholera – IA7 – 2000
Tom Kiedrzynski

Cholera outbreak in Pohnpei and Ebeye/Lae – IA8 – 2001
Tom Kiedrzynski, Christelle Lepers

Dengue
Dengue surveillance in the Pacific Islands – IA2 – 1998
Rob Condon, George Taleo, Tony Stewart, Tony Sweeney, Tom Kiedrzynski

Summary of the current dengue-2 epidemic in the Pacific Islands as up to 20 September 1998 – IA2 – 1998
Tom Kiedrzynski

Dengue in Port Vila, May – July 1998: A short report demonstrating in surveillance in action – IA2 – 1998
George Taleo, Hilson Toaliu, Rob Condon, Hazel Clothier

Dengue fever outbreak in Kosrae – IA2 – 1998
Livinson Taulung, Asher P. Asher

Anti-dengue media campaign in Fiji – IA6 – 2000
Atu Qiolevu, Alumita Bera

Dengue 1 epidemic in Palau – a summary as of 27 April 2001 – IA8 – 2001
Michele D. Pineda

Type 1 dengue fever outbreak in French Polynesia – IA8 – 2001
Bruno Hubert, Manola Laille

Dengue update – IA9 – 2001
Tom Kiedrzynski

PPHSN Guidelines: Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) Clinical Management Guidelines – IA9 – 2001
Michael J. O’Leary

Report on a year of dengue surveillance in New Caledonia (2001) – IA11 – 2002
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud

DEN-1 Outbreak in the Pacific – Update as at 22 May 2002 – IA11 – 2002
Christelle Lepers

Dengue Fever in the Solomon Islands – IA12 – 2002
Dennie Iniakwala, Andrew Darcy, Hugo Bugoro

Dengue Update – 17 January 2003 – IA13 – 2002
Christelle Lepers

Type 1 Dengue fever epidemic in French Polynesia in 2001 – IA13 – 2002
Bruno Hubert

Evaluation of reagents for the serological diagnosis of dengue – IA13 – 2002
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud

New Caledonia dengue surveillance report (2004) – IA17 – 2004
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud

Den-3 – A threat the Pacific Islands need to consider – IA17 – 2004
Tom Kiedrzynski

Dengue surveillance and response in Vanuatu – IA18 – 2004
Len Tarivonda

New Caledonia’s 2004 Dengue fever mobilisation day – IA18 – 2004
Bernard Rouchon

Entomological surveillance for dengue – IA20 – 2005
Laurent Guillaumot

Type 1 dengue fever outbreak in Yap (2004) – IA20 – 2005
Martin Bel

Diarrhoeal Diseases
Amoeba/Salmonella co-infection in a 2 1/2 month-old infant – IA6 – 2000
Jean-François Yvon

Shigella flexneri bloody mucoid diarrhoea outbreak on the island of Futuna – IA12 – 2002
Jean-François Yvon

Filariasis
Regional initiative for the elimination of filariasis – IA5 – 1999
Tony Stewart, Kazuyo Ichimori

Foodborne Diseases
Street food: microbiological quality of sandwiches in urban and suburban Papeete – IA6 – 2000
Manutea V. Gay

Staphylococcal food poisoning–Guam – IA14 – 2003
James P. Last, Chet E. Holloway and Robert Contreras, Carolina M. Hannmann, Robert L. Haddock

Building laboratory-based surveillance for foodborne diseases in the Western Pacific region – IA14 – 2003
Jay K. Varma

Foodborne disease meeting in Malaysia – IA18 – 2004
Narendra Singh

Giardiasis
Giardiasis on Guam, in 1999 – IA7 – 2000
Robert Haddock, Robert L. Contreras, Michelle C. R. Lastimoza

HIV/AIDS & STD
First regional conference on HIV/AIDS and STD – IA4 – 1999

HIV/AIDS and STDs: surveillance systems need to be improved in the region – IA4 – 1999

HIV/AIDS pandemic in the Pacific – IA9 – 2001
Christelle Lepers, Andrew Peteru

Regional action against HIV/AIDS – IA17 – 2004
Tim Sladden

Update on Second Generation HIV Surveillance – IA18 – 2005
Tim Sladden

Guidelines for HIV & STI surveillance in Pacific Island Countries – IA20 – 2005
Tim Sladden

Influenza
Epidemiological survey of Influenza in New Caledonia – IA5 – 1999
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud, Philippe Pérolat

Valuable lessons learned from Exercise Virex in NZ – IA11 – 2002
Hayley Brock

Influenza in French Polynesia – IA11 – 2002
Bruno Hubert

PPHSN Advice on avian influenza (bird flu) H5N1 and H7 from the human health perspective – IA17 – 2004
PPHSN Influenza Specialist Group

PPHSN Advice on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Southeast Asia from the animal health perspective – IA17 – 2004
Steve Angus

Underlying principles of influenza surveillance for pandemic preparedness – IA17 – 2004
Tom Kiedrzynski

A view on influenza preparedness in the Pacific – IA19 – 2004
Seini Kupu

Leptospirosis
Leptospirosis in Palau – IA8 – 2001
Michele D. Pineda

Leptospirosis in the Northern Mariana Islands – IA10 – 2001
Joseph Kevin Villagomez, Richard Brostrom, Edward P. Diaz, John Tagabuel, Farhana Habib

Infectious diseases in French Polynesia in 2001 – Leptospirosis – IA10 – 2001
Bruno Hubert

Recommended reading on Leptospirosis – IA10 – 2001

Evaluation of reagents for the serological diagnosis of leptospirosis – IA13 – 2002
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud

Survey on leptospirosis in the Pacific – IA16 – 2003
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud, Tom Kiedrzynski

Survey on leptospirosis in the Pacific – Progress report: August 2004 – IA19 – 2004
Alain Berlioz-Arthaud, Tom Kiedrzynski, Narendra Singh, Christelle Lepers

Measles
Measles in the Pacific Islands: the last outbreaks – IA1 – 1998
Tom Kiedrzynski

Vitamin A and measles prevention – IA1 – 1998
Jane Patterson

Measles mass campaigns – IA1 – 1998
Michael J. O’Leary

Measles Mass Immunisation campaigns in the Pacific – IA3 – 1999
Michael J. O’Leary

Measles immunisation campaigns in New Zealand – IA3 – 1999
Tom Kiedrzynski

Guam 2002 Measles Experience – IA12 – 2002
Ronald G. Balajadia

Rubella
Rubella outbreak in Tonga in 2002 – IA13 – 2002
Seini Kupu

Rubella Epidemic in Samoa – IA15 – 2003
Nu’ualofa Tu’u’au-Potoi

SARS
Chronology of PPHSN SARS Actions – IA14 – 2003
PPHSN-CB Focal Point

International events in the SARS age – IA14 – 2003
Michael O’Leary

SARS: Samoa’s Experience – IA15 – 2003
Nu’ualofa Tu’u’au-Potoi

Scrub typhus
Scrub typhus – Palau – IA16 – 2003
Mark Durand, Stevenson Kuartei, Ishmael Togamae

Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis control at the crossroads – IA5 – 1999
Michael J. O’Leary

WHO releases a DOTS Guidelines Manual – IA5 – 1999
Reiko Muto

Tuberculosis study in Guam: 1994-1996 data – IA5 – 1999
Maria Isabel S. Yanto

DOTS in the Pacific: encouraging results observed – IA5 – 1999
Janet O’Connor

Family tuberculosis epidemic in the Tuamotu Group, French Polynesia – IA6 – 2000
Hervé Vergeaud

Tuberculosis control in the Pacific: update and future hopes – IA20 – 2005
Janet O’Connor, Mark Lambert

Typhoid fever
Epidemic investigation for typhoid fever in Nauru – IA4 – 1999
PPHSN-CB Focal Point

Investigation on typhoid fever outbreak in Nauru – IA7 – 2000
Berlin Kafoa, Sonja Olsen

West Nile Fever
West Nile Fever factsheet – IA13 – 2002
Alexandre Fediaevski