[PDF] Top 20 Communicable diseases report, NSW, for September-October 2004

... However, a probable case of person-to-person transmission of HPAI was reported in Thailand in September 2004. This transmission resulted from sustained, close personal contact between a mother and her sick ... See full document

... The two main types of influenza are A and B. Type A tends to cause more widespread outbreaks and has been the dominant strain in recent years. Immunisation is available for anyone who wants to avoid infection, and is ... See full document

... were aged 10 to 45 years of age (Figure 1). Sixty-one per cent of the cases were women. The illness was characterised by abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea, with diarrhoea lasting approximately seven days or longer. ... See full document

... The number of cases of cryptosporidiosis has increased, especially in the Mid North Coast and Greater Murray Area Health Services. Cryptosporidiosis is a disease characterised by watery diarrhoea, which can last for ... See full document

... HIV surveillance data should therefore be interpreted with caution, since it measures the number of people who have been newly-diagnosed with HIV infection, rather than new infections of HIV. Changes in the number of new ... See full document

... in NSW, the expected seasonal increase in notifications of patients diagnosed with invasive pneumococcal disease and meningococcal disease occurred (Table 8, Figure ...of communicable diseases ... See full document

... The same six sentinel laboratories tested 4,052 serum samples for evidence (seroconversion or rise in IgG level or high single titre) of infection with influenza. Serological diagnoses of influenza A peaked in early ... See full document

... In May 2002, clinicians of the Blue Mountains District Hospital (BMDH) in Katoomba reported an increase in admissions for severe community-acquired pneumonia in previously healthy adults. One clinician suggested a link ... See full document

... Twenty-two cases of meningococcal disease were notified in NSW in July and August 2012 (14 in July and eight in August), an increase from 15 notified in the same period in 2011. The age of the case-patients ranged ... See full document

... In response to an increased number of cases reported in May, NSW Health issued an alert to general practitioners in inner Sydney. This alert included information on clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and ... See full document

... Ten cases of meningococcal disease were notified in NSW in May and June 2011 (five in May and five in June). The age of these people ranged between 0 and 65 years and included two children aged less than 5 years. ... See full document

... There has been an increase in the number of cases of gonorrhoea notified in NSW, with 970 reported in the first quarter of 2012 compared to 608 in the same period in 2011. The increase in gonorrhoea notifications ... See full document

... There were nine measles notifications in NSW in the second quarter of 2013, a decline from the 22 reported in the same period in 2012. Cases ranged in age from 1 to 35 years. Five of the cases acquired the ... See full document

... NSW Health was notified of five cases of mumps from among children aged 10–16 years old who attended the ‘South Pacific Pathfinder Camporee’, a church-based event held on the Mid North Coast of NSW in ... See full document

... Almost two weeks later, Case 1 contacted the public health unit to report that another close contact had developed chickenpox vesicles the day before. The public health unit administered VZIG to Case 1, even ... See full document

... Influenza activity, as measured by the number of people who presented with influenza-like illness to 59 of the state’s largest emergency departments, returned to pre- seasonal levels in September and ... See full document

... Anthrax occasionally appears in livestock (mainly sheep and cattle) from properties located in the ‘anthrax belt’, a wide region, which extends across central NSW and into Victoria. Because anthrax spores survive ... See full document

... in NSW in September and October 2010 (14 cases were reported in the same period in ...in NSW (including five deaths) compared to 80 cases for the same period in 2009 (including four ... See full document

... An increase was detected in the number of shigellosis cases notified in NSW in September and October. Twelve men, mostly residents of inner Sydney, were notified with Shigella sonnei biotype g ... See full document

... time, NSW Health is providing free pertussis (dTpa) vaccine through GPs to all new parents, grandparents and any other adults who will regularly care for infants less than 12 months of ...of NSW Health’s ... See full document