NZPHSR - September 2005

Wednesday 22nd March 2023

Contents & Highlights

 1. Editorial
  • Enterobacter sakazakii infection
2. Notifiable Disease Surveillance

Significant Increases in Notification Rate
  • Pertussis
  • Shigellosis
  • Chemical Poisoning
  • Cryptosporidiosis
Significant Decreases in Notification Rate
  • Measles
  • Meningococcal Disease
  • Acute Rheumatic Fever
  • Campylobacteriosis
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Giardiasis
  • Hepatitis A
  • Leptospirosis
  • Yersiniosis
3. Other Surveillance Reports
  • Salmonella Paratyphi B var. Java in tropical fish and turtle aquaria
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility among Salmonella
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility among invasive isolates
4. Outbreak Surveillance
  • 81 outbreaks (360 cases) notified in this quarter
  • 58 ‘final’ reports (259 cases); 23 ‘interim’ reports (101 cases)
  • 4.5 cases per outbreak on average
  • 14 hospitalisations, no deaths
5. Outbreak Case Reports
  • Campylobacter outbreak at a self-catered camp
  • Norovirus outbreak at a prison
6. Pathogen Surveillance
  • 3 Salmonella outbreaks confirmed
  • 34 E. coli O157:H7 cases laboratory confirmed
  • 12 norovirus outbreaks reported
  • 13 Legionella cases laboratory identified
  • 338 isolations of influenza virus were reported

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Report:

NZPHSR - September 2005 (Large file - 1.7MB)

Tables:

NZPHSR - September 2005: Listeria monocytogenes Table
 

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NZPHSR - September 2005: Listeria monocytogenes Table

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