NZPHSR - September 2008

1. Editorial
Surveillance and response to events involving chemical, biological, radiological, or explosive (CBRE) materials

2. Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Significant Increases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate

• Mumps
• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Salmonellosis
• VTEC Infections
• Giardiasis
• Lead Absorption
• Brucellosis

Significant Decreases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate

• Pertussis
• Campylobacteriosis
• Typhoid
• Chemical Poisoning
• Cryptosporidiosis
• Dengue Fever
• Rickettsial Disease
• AIDS

3. Other Surveillance Reports

• Antimicrobial susceptibility among invasive isolates
• Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE)

4. Outbreak Surveillance

• 102 outbreaks (1064 cases) notified in this quarter
• 75 ‘final’ reports (873 cases); 27 ‘interim’ reports (191 cases)
• 11.6 cases per outbreak on average
• 56 hospitalisations, 1 death

5. Outbreak Case Reports

• Wax ester fish poisoning
• An outbreak of noroviral gastroenteritis on a trans-Tasman voyage
• Hepatitis A in a Queenstown waitress

6. Pathogen Surveillance

• 292 human and 346 non-human Salmonella isolates confirmed
• 31 isolates of E. coli O157:H7 laboratory confirmed
• 45 confirmed norovirus outbreaks
• 19 Legionella cases laboratory-identified
• 131 influenza viruses reported
• 43 respiratory syncytial virus cases reported
• 7 rhinovirus were reported
• 14 parainfluenza virus cases reported
• 136 adenoviruses reported
• 40 enteroviruses reported
• 1 isolate of Listeria monocytogenes referred
• 12 isolates of Corynebacterium diphtheriae received
• 1 isolate of Corynebacterium ulcerans received

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NZPHSR - September 2008

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