NZPHSR - December 2010

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Contents & Highlights

1. Editorial
The public health response to Canterbury’s earthquake

2. Notifiable Disease Surveillance
Significant Increases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Cryptosporidiosis
  • Giardiasis
  • Legionellosis
  • Rickettsial disease
  • Toxic shellfish poisoning
Significant Decreases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate
  • Dengue fever
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Lead absorption
  • Measles
  • Meningococcal disease
  • Salmonellosis
3. Other Surveillance Reports
  • Invasive pneumococcal disease, 2009
4. Outbreak Surveillance
  • 158 outbreaks (1404 cases) notified in this quarter
  • 100 ‘final’ reports (1003 cases); 58 ‘interim’ reports (401 cases)
  • 10.0 cases per outbreak on average
  • 14 hospitalisations, no deaths
5. Outbreak Case Reports
  • ‘Monsters in the Mousse’ – Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 155 outbreak from South Canterbury
  • The emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype 4,[5],12:i:- in New Zealand
6. Laboratory Surveillance
  • New Zealand viral gastroenteritis outbreaks, 2009
  • Laboratory-based legionellosis surveillance

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NZPHSR Dec 2010

Tables:

NZPHSR Dec 2010: References

NZPHSR Dec 2010: Tables

NZPHSR Dec 2010: Mycology Jan-Jun 2010
 

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