NZPHSR - June 2007

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Contents & Highlights

1.    Editorial
Just a virus?

2.    Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Significant Increases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Typhoid
  • Chemical Poisoning
  • Yersiniosis
  • Dengue Fever
  • Rickettsial Disease
Significant Decreases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate
  • Salmonellosis
  • Shigellosis
  • Meningococcal Disease
  • Pertussis
3.    Other Surveillance Reports
  • Annual survey of MRSA, August 2006
4.    Outbreak Surveillance
  • 129 outbreaks (1173 cases) notified in this quarter
  • 59 ‘final’ reports (707 cases); 70 ‘interim’ reports (466 cases)
  • 12.0 cases per outbreak on average
  • 52 hospitalisations, no deaths
5.    Outbreak Case Reports
  • Adenovirus type 8 outbreak
  • Pontiac Fever outbreak, Gisborne
  • Norovirus contamination of a ski resort water supply
6.    Pathogen Surveillance
  • 423 human and 170 non-human Salmonella isolates confirmed
  • 19  Legionella cases laboratory identified
  • influenza viruses reported
  • 125 adenoviruses reported
  • 31 enteroviruses reported
  • 2 isolates of Listeria monocytogenes referred
  • 16 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae received

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Report:

NZPHSR - June 2007 (Large file 2 MB)

Tables:

NZPHSRJun07: Listeria Jan-Mar07

NZPHSRJun07: MycologyJul-Dec06
 

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NZPHSR - June 2007 (Large file 2 MB)

Tables:

NZPHSRJun07: Listeria Jan-Mar07

NZPHSRJun07: MycologyJul-Dec06

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