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An outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen after consuming sea turtle, Northern Territory, Australia, 2017.
Authors: Draper ADK, James CL, Pascall JE, Shield KJ, Langrell J, Hogg A Abstract An outbreak of Salmonella Muenchen gastroenteritis occurred in a remote coastal Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. There were 22 people sick (attack rate 55%); 7 had laboratory confirmed S. Muenchen infection; 2 required medical evacuation and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). We conducted a descriptive case series to investigate the outbreak. All cases ate meat from a single green turtle (Chelonia mydas). The animal's pre-death stress, improper butchering, insufficient cooking and the...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection.
Authors: Britton PN, Bag SK, Booy R, Sharpe C, Owen KB, Zhao J, Irwin MJ, Jones C Abstract Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a leading cause of encephalitis and pneumonia in children. Active surveillance identified a cluster of children with suspected encephalitis associated with M.pneumoniae in NSW during July, 2015. An investigation that cross validated encephalitis surveillance with ED pneumonia surveillance and senitenal reference laboratory data revealed probable epidemic M.pneumoniae disease activity in Sydney during 2015. PMID: 29864383 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Diagnostic testing in influenza and pertussis related paediatric intensive care unit admissions,Queensland, Australia, 1997-2013.
We describe diagnostic testing use among pertussis and influenza-related paediatric ICU admissions between 01 January 1997 and 31 December 2013. PMID: 29864384 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Children with melioidosis in Far North Queensland are commonly bacteraemic and have a high case fatality rate.
This study presents data from Far North Queensland and shows that, in this population, children with melioidosis are commonly bacteraemia and have a high case fatality rate. PMID: 29864385 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Position statement on interferon- γ release assays for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection.
Position statement on interferon-γ release assays for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. 2017 Dec 01;41(4):E322-E336 Authors: Bastian I, Coulter C, National Tuberculosis Advisory Committee (NTAC) Abstract Interferon-y release assays (IGRAs), such as the Quantiferon (QIFN) TB-Gold Plus assay (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) and the T-SPOT.TB test (Oxford Immunotec Limited, Abingdon, United Kingdom), are marketed as a substitute for the tuberculin skin test (TST) for the detection of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). The relative merits of IGRAs a...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Influenza epidemiology in patients admitted to sentinel Australian hospitals in 2016: the Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN).
Authors: Cheng AC, Holmes M, Dwyer DE, Irving L, Korman T, Senenayake S, Macartney K, Blyth C, Brown S, Waterer G, Cooley L, Friedman ND, Wark P, Simpson G, Upham J, Bowler S, Brady S, Kotsimbos T, Kelly P Abstract During the period 1 April to 30 October 2016 (the 2016 influenza season), 1,952 patients were admitted with confirmed influenza to one of 17 FluCAN sentinel hospitals. Of these, 46% were elderly (e65 years), 18% were children (<16 years), 5% were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 3% were pregnant and 76% had chronic co-morbidities. PMID: 29864387 [PubMed - in process] (So...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Annual report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2010.
Authors: Gavin K, Owen R, Barr IG Abstract The 2010 influenza season was moderate overall, with more laboratory-confirmed cases than in earlier years (with the exception of 2009). That said, self-reported influenza-like illness (ILI) was equal to or lower than 2008 and earlier years. In 2010, the number of laboratory-confirmed notifications for influenza was 0.8 times the 5-year mean. High notification rates were reflected in an increase in presentations with ILI to sentinel general practices and emergency departments. Notification rates were highest in the 0-4 year age group. Infections during the season ...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2016.
Authors: Lahra MM, Enriquez R Abstract In 2016, there were 243 laboratory-confirmed cases of invasive meningococcal disease analysed by the Australian National Neisseria Network. This number was the highest number of laboratory confirmed cases since 2008. Probable and laboratory confirmed invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) are notifiable in Australia, and there were 252 IMD cases notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in 2016, the highest number reported since 2010. Meningococcal serogrouping was able to be determined for 98% (237/243) of laboratory confirmed IMD cases. Serogrou...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Annual Report of the National Influenza Surveillance Scheme, 2009.
Authors: Pennington K, Owen R, Mun J Abstract The 2009 influenza season was considered a significant season triggered by the April 2009 emergence of a novel influenza A virus prompting a World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of a public health emergency of international concern. The overall number of notifications in the Australian 2009 influenza season was the highest since national reporting to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) began in 2001, and substantially higher than in prior years. Over 59,000 notifications were reported to the NNDSS, almost ten times the five year ...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program: Annual Report, 2016.
This report from the Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program (ARSP) and collaborating laboratories Australia-wide, describes the rotavirus genotypes identified in children and adults with acute gastroenteritis during the period 1 January to 31 December 2016. During this period, 949 faecal specimens were referred for rotavirus G and P genotype analysis, of which 230 were confirmed as positive for wildtype rotavirus, and 184 were identified as rotavirus vaccine-like. Genotype analysis of the 230 samples from both children and adults revealed that G2P[4] was the dominant genotype in this reporting period nationally, identif...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 January to 31 March 2017.
Authors: Pennington K, Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group, for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia Abstract The number of notified cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in the first quarter of 2017 was less than the previous quarter, but greater than the number of notified cases in the first quarter of 2016. Overall, the decline in disease due to the serotypes targeted by the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13vPCV) has been maintained across all age groups since the 13vPCV replaced the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) in the childhood i...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance, 1 April to 30 June 2017.
Authors: Pennington K, Enhanced Invasive Pneumococcal Disease Surveillance Working Group, for the Communicable Diseases Network Australia Abstract The number of notified cases of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in the second quarter of 2017 was greater than the previous quarter and also the second quarter of 2016. Following the July 2011 replacement of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) in the childhood immunisation program with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (13vPCV), there was an initial relatively rapid decline in disease due to the additional six serotypes covered by ...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

The Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network, 1 January to 31 March 2017.
This report presents data from the 1st quarter of 2017 (1 January to 31 March) and includes the syndromic surveillance of influenza-like-illness, gastroenteritis, chicken pox, and shingles, and the virological surveillance of respiratory viruses including influenza A, influenza B, RSV and rhinovirus. PMID: 29864394 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report)
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2015.
Authors: Polkinghorne B, OzFoodNet Working Group Abstract The Australian Government Department of Health established the OzFoodNet network in 2000 to collaborate nationally to investigate foodborne disease. In each Australian state and territory, OzFoodNet epidemiologists investigate outbreaks of enteric infection. In addition, OzFoodNet conducts studies on the burden of illness and coordinates national investigations into outbreaks of foodborne disease. This quarterly report documents investigations of outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness and clusters of disease potentially related to food, which commenc...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research

OzFoodNet quarterly report, 1 July to 30 September 2015.
Authors: Polkinghorne B, OzFoodNet Working Group Abstract The Australian Government Department of Health established the OzFoodNet network in 2000 to collaborate nationally to investigate foodborne disease. In each Australian state and territory, OzFoodNet epidemiologists investigate outbreaks of enteric infection. In addition, OzFoodNet conducts studies on the burden of illness and coordinates national investigations into outbreaks of foodborne disease. This quarterly report documents investigations of outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness and clusters of disease potentially related to food, which commenc...
Source: Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report - June 6, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Commun Dis Intell Q Rep Source Type: research