[PDF] Top 20 Communicable diseases report, May and June 2005

... The number of notifications of patients with cryptosporidiosis increased further in May (105 cases), with the majority of patients residing in metropolitan areas of NSW (69%). A large proportion of patients were ... See full document

... strain may be transforming into a more dangerous form, an expert committee of the WHO recommended in June 2005 that the world pandemic alert level not be raised from the current level, which has been ... See full document

... An increase in infections due to Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium phage type 170 (STM170) over the summer period was identified in NSW with 198 cases reported from mid-October to the end of ... See full document

... January 2005, 10 cases in staff and 30 in residents of this facility had been ...the Communicable Diseases Branch of the NSW Department of Health, the facility decided to offer vaccination to ... See full document

... Only three outbreak investigations were able to provide sufficient evidence to identify the source of the infection. The first of these outbreaks was part of a large multi- jurisdictional outbreak of norovirus found in ... See full document

... August 2005, for the 17 participating emergency departments combined, there were 460 gastroenteritis- related emergency department visits in that week compared with an average of 241 visits per week in the past 12 ... See full document

... The largest reported outbreak of psittacosis among humans in Australia to date occurred in the Blue Mountains between March and June 2002. Preliminary analysis indicates that direct contact with wild birds, and ... See full document

... In early June, an outbreak of influenza was reported, which involved an estimated 150 students at a 900-student boarding school in Northern Sydney. Some students tested positive for influenza B. It is not yet ... See full document

... On 18 October 2002, the Centre for Public Health, Albury, was notified by a local pathology laboratory of three cases of Salmonella infection among residents of a town. Two of these cases were from the same household. On ... See full document

... In December, under the NSW Public Health Act 1991, the diagnosis of avian influenza in humans became notifiable by doctors, hospitals and laboratories. Avian influenza is primarily a disease of birds, and human infection ... See full document

... to report possible cases to their public health unit and to use SARS infection control ...13 June, the Communicable Diseases Branch, NSW Department of Health, had been notified of 56 people ... See full document

... In May 2004, 58 gastroenteritis outbreaks in institutional settings, affecting over 1,200 people, were reported in NSW. Outbreaks occurring in institutions are more common in the winter months and are usually ... See full document

... Tuberculin skin test results from the case’s closest contacts (i.e. those in his household) suggested that he was unlikely to have been very infectious while at school or in flight. However, the area health service ... See full document

... Outbreaks of gastroenteritis in institutional settings During May and June, 133 outbreaks of gastroenteritis in institutions were reported, affecting 1923 people. Sixty- three outbreaks occurred in aged ... See full document

... fever may include fever, headache, general discomfort and lack of appetite; a dry cough and constipation or diarrhoea may also ...they may ingest contaminated water or ... See full document

... party had been supplied by a bakery in the area (bakery A). Bakery A was listed as one of the wholesale customers of egg farm A. The NSW Food Authority inspected bakery A in May 2012 and the same STm strain A was ... See full document

... February 2005 the Greater Southern Public Health Unit was notified by a local general practitioner from a rural town (population 4300) of eight people presenting with fever, dry cough and breathlessness in the ... See full document

... NSW Public Health Units investigated nine suspected food-borne disease outbreaks in June. These outbreaks were reported to affect between two and 10 people and occurred after people had eaten food from a café, ... See full document

... On 17 June – when it was clear that community transmis- sion was occurring in parts of Australia – the approach was changed to protecting those most vulnerable. Free anti- influenza medicine has been made ... See full document

... November 2005, the Communicable Diseases Branch initiated enhanced surveillance using a developmental version of NetEpi Collection, an open-source, web-based data collection ... See full document