NZPHSR - Summer 2004

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Contents & Highlights

1. Editorial
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
2. Notifiable Disease Surveillance

Significant Increases in Notification Rate
  • Haemophilus influenzae type b disease (Hib)
  • Measles
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Legionellosis
  • VTEC/STEC
Significant Decreases in Notification Rate
  • Pertussis
  • Salmonellosis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Cryptosporidiosis
3. Other Surveillance Reports
  • Chemical Injury Surveillance System (CISS)
  • Legionellosis in the Lower North Island
  • Annual MRSA Survey
  • Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections
4. Outbreak Surveillance
  • 74 outbreaks notified in the quarter
  • 32 reports finalised with 346 cases
  • 11 cases per outbreak on average
  • 7 hospitalisations, no deaths
5. Outbreak Case Reports
  • E coli 0157:H7 in home-kill venison
  • Norovirus in fruit salad
  • Influenza B in Mangere Refugee Resettlement Centre
6. Pathogen Surveillance
  • Two-fold increase in Influenza isolations
  • S. Montevideo found in tahini and helva

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Report:

NZPHSR - Summer 2004

Tables:

NZPHSR - Summer 2004: Listeria Monocytogenes

NZPHSR - Summer 2004: Norovirus Fruit Salad Anonymised

NZPHSR - Summer 2004: Human Salmonella Isolates
 

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NZPHSR - Summer 2004

Tables:

NZPHSR - Summer 2004: Listeria Monocytogenes

NZPHSR - Summer 2004: Norovirus Fruit Salad Anonymised

NZPHSR - Summer 2004: Human Salmonella Isolates

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