NZPHSR - March 2008
Wednesday 22nd March 2023
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Contents & Highlights
1. EditorialTyping of pathogenic isolates: an esoteric exercise or an intrinsic tool of epidemiology?
2. Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Significant Increases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate
• Mumps
• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Giardiasis
• Dengue Fever
• Hydatid Disease
Significant Decreases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate
• Pertussis
• Meningococcal Disease
• Tuberculosis Disease
• Campylobacteriosis
• Gastroenteritis
• Chemical Poisoning
• Hepatitis A
3. Other Surveillance Reports
• Antimicrobial resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae
4. Outbreak Surveillance
• 149 outbreaks (2,001 cases) notified in this quarter
• 99 ‘final’ reports (1,541 cases); 50 ‘interim’ reports (460 cases)
• 15.6 cases per outbreak on average
• 23 hospitalisations, 2 deaths
• 99 ‘final’ reports (1,541 cases); 50 ‘interim’ reports (460 cases)
• 15.6 cases per outbreak on average
• 23 hospitalisations, 2 deaths
5. Outbreak Case Reports
• A dual pathogen outbreak of rotavirus and norovirus at a childcare centre
• Outbreak of rare Salmonella Montevideo associated with a kebab takeaway stall
• Probable Bacillus cereus enterotoxin associated diarrhoeal syndrome outbreak in Auckland
• Outbreak of rare Salmonella Montevideo associated with a kebab takeaway stall
• Probable Bacillus cereus enterotoxin associated diarrhoeal syndrome outbreak in Auckland
6. Pathogen Surveillance
• 336 human and 248 non-human Salmonella isolates submitted
• 20 isolates of E. coli O157:H7 laboratory confirmed
• 91 confirmed norovirus outbreaks
• 25 Legionella cases laboratory identified
• 59 influenza viruses reported
• 75 respiratory syncytial virus cases reported
• 176 adenoviruses reported
• 50 enteroviruses reported
• 11 isolates of Listeria monocytogenes referred
• 2 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae received
• 20 isolates of E. coli O157:H7 laboratory confirmed
• 91 confirmed norovirus outbreaks
• 25 Legionella cases laboratory identified
• 59 influenza viruses reported
• 75 respiratory syncytial virus cases reported
• 176 adenoviruses reported
• 50 enteroviruses reported
• 11 isolates of Listeria monocytogenes referred
• 2 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae received
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