摘要：The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit (APSU) conducts national active surveillance of rare dis-eases of childhood, including infectious and vaccine preventable diseases, genetic disorders, childhood injuries and mental health conditions. The study of communicable and vaccine-preventable dis-eases is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing through its com-municable diseases program. This report is a sum-mary of surveillance results for communicable and vaccine preventable diseases studied through the APSU in 2004
