[PDF] Top 20 Communicable Diseases Report, NSW: July 2002

... The NSW Department of Health monitors influenza through weekly surveys of sentinel general practitioners and the major ...late July and August. In 2002, laboratory diagnoses of influenza began to ... See full document

... in NSW in March and April 2012 (three in March and eight in April); the age of the case-patients ranged from four months to 48 years and included five case-patients aged under 5 ... See full document

... Six cases of meningococcal disease were notified in NSW in the second quarter of 2013 (three in April, one in May and two in June), a marked reduction from the 22 notified in the same period in 2012. The age of ... See full document

... the NSW Food Authority (NSWFA) and one outbreak was identified through reports to a public health ...the NSW Food Authority, six people from a group of 20 work colleagues developed diarrhoea 12 hours after ... See full document

... The mosquito-borne diseases Ross River virus infection and Barmah Forest virus infection tend to increase around Christmas and peak around Easter. The main risk of infection is in non-metropolitan areas, so ... See full document

... In total in this period 411 cases of gonorrhoea were notified to NSW Health (247 in May and 164 in June), compared to 383 (180 in May and 203 in June) in 2010. The majority of notifications continue to occur in ... 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

... A case-control study was undertaken, using confirmed or possible cases that had not tested negative at the time of the study. Reported exposures in these ‘study’ cases were compared with controls, who were randomly ... See full document

... Five cases of meningococcal disease were notified in NSW in the period (three in November and two in December), a decrease from nine notified for the same period in 2011. The age of the cases ranged from 2 to 86 ... See full document

... Eight outbreaks of suspected foodborne disease were investigated in March and April 2011. These outbreaks were identified through surveillance of laboratory notifi- cations, or complaints to the NSW Food Authority ... See full document

... During September and October, 776 cases of pertussis were notified with onset in the period in NSW, less than one-third of the 2410 cases notified for the same period in 2011. Most cases were in the 5–9-year age ... See full document

... In NSW, all Salmonella isolates from public and private laboratories are routinely sent to the NSW Enteric Refer- ence Laboratory, Institute for Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), Westmead ... See full document

... During November and December, 3450 cases of pertussis were reported in NSW. Over 20 000 cases of pertussis were reported during 2008 and 2009. Case reports declined to a low in April 2010 (with 314 cases ... See full document

... in NSW in January and February 2012 (three in January and one in February); the age of the cases ranged from 0 to 50 years and included two cases aged under 5 ...regional NSW whose death was notified in ... See full document

... Twelve cases of meningococcal disease were notified in NSW in May and June 2012 (six in May and six in June), an increase from nine for the same period in 2011. The age of the case-patients ranged from 2 months to ... See full document

... The Western NSW Human Research Ethics Committee was provided with a report of the proposed MRSA sentinel surveillance program. They supported its implementation and agreed that as the pilot program was part ... See full document

... Only one foodborne outbreak investigation was able to provide sufficient evidence to identify the source of the infection. This outbreak occurred in a group who attended a wedding reception in July 2013. A cohort ... See full document

... Monthly notifications of pertussis continue to decline steadily from the peak of the outbreak in December 2008. There were 1207 cases notified with onset in July and August, compared with 2082 in the preceding 2 ... See full document

... A. NSW Health issued a media release to alert patrons to this risk, a recorded message hotline was set up, and the café proprietors were asked to distribute flyers to all patrons who attended the ... See full document

... Sixteen outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease thought to be due to consumption of contaminated food were reported in July and August 2011. One outbreak was identified through surveillance of laboratory ... See full document