NZPHSR - September 2006

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Contents & Highlights

1.    Editorial
PulseNet Aotearoa New Zealand

2.    Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Significant Increases in Notification Rate:
·    Hepatitis B
·    Rheumatic Fever
·    Campylobacteriosis
·    Salmonellosis
·    Shigellosis
·    Hepatitis A
·    Yersiniosis
·    Dengue Fever
 
Significant Decreases in Notification Rate:
·    Meningococcal Disease
·    Pertussis
·    Tuberculosis Disease
·    Gastroenteritis
·    Giardiasis
·    Malaria

3.    Other Surveillance Reports
·    Antimicrobial susceptibility among Salmonella
·    Antimicrobial susceptibility among invasive isolates

4.    Outbreak Surveillance:
.    96 outbreaks (973 cases) notified in this quarter
.    66 ‘final’ reports (775 cases); 30 ‘interim’ reports (198 cases)
.    11.7 cases per outbreak on average
.    16 hospitalisations, no deaths

5.    Outbreak Case Reports
·    Salmonella outbreak associated with a weekend market stall, Wellington region
·    Norovirus outbreak associated with a conference, Dunedin

6.    Pathogen Surveillance
·    317 human and 363 non-human Salmonella isolates confirmed
·    23 E. coli O157:H7 cases laboratory confirmed
·    13 Legionella cases laboratory identified, 1 death
·    173 influenza viruses reported
·    92 respiratory syncytial virus cases reported
·    64 adenoviruses reported
·    33 enteroviruses reported
·    2 isolates of Listeria monocytogenes from human cases referred 
·    4 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae received

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Report:

NZPHSR - September 2006

Tables:

Erratum - NZPHSR September 2006

Listeria Apr-Jun 2006
 

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NZPHSR - September 2006

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Erratum - NZPHSR September 2006

Listeria Apr-Jun 2006

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