NZPHSR - June 2014

1. Editorial

• A summary of the key trends in notifiable diseases for 2013

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

• Acute Rheumatic Fever
• Campylobacteriosis
• Dengue Fever
• Giardiasis
• Hepatitis A
• Measles
• VTEC Infections

Significant Decreases in 12-Monthly Notification Rate

• Cryptosporidiosis
• Gastroenteritis (acute)
• Leptospirosis
• Pertussis
• Toxic Shellfish Poisoning
• Typhoid Fever

3. Other Surveillance Reports

• Record number of cryptosporidiosis outbreaks and cases in 2013

4. Outbreak Surveillance

• 275 outbreaks (2782 cases) notified in this quarter
• 135 final reports (1935 cases); 140 interim reports (847 cases)
• 14.3 cases per outbreak on average
• 41 hospitalisations, 7 deaths

5. Outbreak Case Reports

• Measles outbreaks – an update
• Legionellosis cases linked to a motel spa pool

6. Laboratory Surveillance

• Laboratory surveillance of invasive pathogens