NZPHSR - June 2006

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Contents & Highlights

1.    Editorial
UV exposure and vitamin D production

2.    Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Significant Increases in Notification Rate
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Salmonellosis
  • Shigellosis
  • VTEC/STEC Infections
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Hepatitis B
 
Significant Decreases in Notification Rate
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Giardiasis
  • Meningococcal Disease
  • Pertussis

3.    Other Surveillance Reports
  • Annual survey of MRSA, August 2005
  • Influenza like illness in Wellington schools 2005

4.    Outbreak Surveillance
  • 137 outbreaks (1319 cases) notified in this quarter
  • 76 ‘final’ reports (942 cases); 61 ‘interim’ reports (377 cases)
  • 12.4 cases per outbreak on average
  • 13 hospitalisations, no deaths

5.    Outbreak Case Reports
  • Hepatitis A outbreak in Christchurch
  • Suspected foodborne illness outbreak

6.    Pathogen Surveillance
  • 497 human and 343 non-human Salmonella isolates confirmed
  • 32 E. coli O157: H7 cases laboratory confirmed
  • 17 Legionella cases laboratory identified, 3 deaths

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Report:

NZPHSR - June 2006 (Large file - 2.2 MB)

Tables:

NZPHSR - June 2006: Listeria monocytogenes from human cases

NZPHSR - June 2006: List of References
 

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NZPHSR - June 2006 (Large file - 2.2 MB)

Tables:

NZPHSR - June 2006: Listeria monocytogenes from human cases

NZPHSR - June 2006: List of References

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