New South Wales

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• Rare urban-acquired human leptospirosis and environmental health investigation in Sydney, Australia

  Mark J Ferson, Sinead Flanigan, Mark E Westman, Ana M Pastrana Velez, Benjamin Knobel, Toni Cains, Marianne Martinello

• The detection of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in the Murray region, New South Wales: a public health investigation

  Gamuchirai M Shava, Katherine Todd, Tracey Oakman, Saifur Rahman, Linda Hueston, Keira Glasgow, April Roberts-Witteveen

• Respiratory diphtheria in the time of Omicron

  Annabeth Simpson, Paul Douglas, Jenny Draper, Vitali Sintchenko, Zoe Cutcher, Daniel Ashton

• Meningitis in New South Wales

  No authors listed

  136

• Using silent area analysis to inform a COVID-19 public health response in Hunter New England, regional New South Wales

  Michelle Butler, Benjamin Elton, David M Durrheim

• Epidemiology of syphilis in the Nepean and Blue Mountains Local Health District between 1 October 2009 and 30 September 2019

  Sheena R Kakar, George Truman, Jane Thomas, Eva YH Jackson, Bradley L Forssman

• Household transmission of COVID-19 in 2020 in New South Wales, Australia

  Anna A Sordo, Andrew Dunn, Evangeline RK Gardiner, Tracie A Reinten, Tracy SF Tsang, Lucy Deng, Bette C Liu

• Nocardiosis in the Illawarra-Shoalhaven region from 2010 to 2019

  Darcy Gray, Simeon Crawford, Peter Newton

• Influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities in New South Wales in 2017: impact and lessons for surveillance

  Tony Merritt, Craig Dalton, Sheena Kakar, Mark Ferson, Priscilla Stanley, Robin Gilmour

• Is gentamicin a viable therapeutic option for treating resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New South Wales?

  Benjamin H Armstrong, Athena Limnios, David A Lewis, Tiffany Hogan, Ratan Kundu, Sanghamitra Ray, Masoud Shoushtari, Jasmin El Nasser, Tim Driscoll, Monica M Lahra

• Hospital outcomes after a COVID-19 diagnosis from January to May 2020 in New South Wales Australia

  Bette Liu, Paula Spokes, Maria Alfaro-Ramirez, Kate Ward, John M Kaldor

• Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System (BOSS) Sydney, Australia 2017-2018

  Stephanie L. Watson, Barrie J Gatus, Maria Cabrera-Aguas , Benjamin H Armstrong, CR Robert George , Pauline Khoo , Monica M Lahra

• Severe community-acquired pneumonia due to Streptococcus pyogenes in the Newcastle area

  Paul A. Wilson, Hemalatha Varadhan

• Improving the accuracy of ACIR data and increasing vaccination rates

  Thais A Miles, Linda V Granger, Colleen L Gately

• Evaluation of enhanced follow-up for pertussis in children aged 5–9 years in Sydney Local Health District, NSW

  Kwendy Cavanagh, Emma Quinn, Alexandre S Stephens, Zeina Najjar, Essi Huhtinen, Leena Gupta

• Surveillance system enhancements for Q fever in NSW, 2005-2015

  Henry CM Clutterbuck, Keith Eastwood, Peter D Massey, Kirsty Hope, Siobhan M Mor

  S2209-6051(18)00012-10

• Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection

  Philip N Britton, Shopna K Bag, Robert Booy, Caroline HW Sharpe, Katherine B Owen, Jiaying Zhao, Melissa J Irwin, Cheryl A Jones

  295-307

• Demographic and geographical risk factors for gonorrhoea and chlamydia in greater Western Sydney, 2003–2013

  Marianne Gale, Andrew Hayen, George Truman, Rick Varma, Bradley L Forssman, C Raina MacIntyre

  134-141

• Atypical outbreak of Q fever affecting low-risk residents of a remote rural town in New South Wales

  Brett N Archer, Cathie Hallahan, Priscilla Stanley, Kathy Seward, Margaret Lesjak, Kirsty Hope, Anthony Brown

  125-133

• An evaluation of the use of short message service during an avian influenza outbreak on a poultry farm in Young

  Lisa M Stephenson, Janice S Biggs, Vicki Sheppeard, Tracey L Oakman

  195-201

• Q fever and contact with kangaroos in New South Wales

  James Flint, Craig B Dalton, Tony D Merritt, Stephen Graves, John K Ferguson, Maggi Osbourne, Keith Eastwood, David N Durrheim

  202-203

• Clinical diagnosis and chemical confirmation of ciguatera fish poisoning in New South Wales, Australia

  Hazel Farrell, Anthony Zammit, D Tim Harwood, Paul McNabb, Craig Shadbolt, Jennifer Manning, John A Turahui, Deborah J van den Berg, Lisa Szabo

  1-6

• A State-wide information campaign during a pertussis epidemic in New South Wales, 2010

  Paula J Spokes, Alexander E Rosewell, Alex S Stephens, Jeremy M McAnulty

  201-207

• Chronic carriage and familial transmission of typhoid in western Sydney

  Nicola S Scott, Jennifer M Paterson, Holly Seale, George Truman

  24-25

• Short incubation periods in Campylobacter outbreaks associated with poultry liver dishes

  Kirsty G Hope, Tony D Merritt, David N Durrheim

  20-23

• An Outbreak of norovirus genogroup II associated with New South Wales oysters

  Tove-Lysa L Fitzgerald, Anthony Zammit, Tony D Merritt, Catherine McLeod, Lina M Landinez, Peter A White, Sally A Munnoch, David N Durrheim

  9-15

• Impacts of a measles outbreak in western Sydney on public health resources

  Kristina L Flego, Daniel A Belshaw, Vicky Sheppeard, Kathryn M Weston

  240-245

• An Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to a kebab takeaway shop

  Maria Isabel Torres, Peter Lewis, Lucy Cook, Paul Cook, Katrina Kardamanidis, Craig Shadbolt, Brett Campbell

  101-106

• Using HIV notification data to identify priority migrant groups for HIV prevention, New South Wales, 2000–2008

  Michelle E McPherson, Tadgh McMahon, Renee J Moreton, Kate A Ward

  185-191

• Improving surveillance for acute hepatitis C

  Rachel M Deacon, Handan Wand, Sacha Stelzer-Braid, Carla Treloar, Lisa Maher

  16-20

• Nosocomial pertussis infection of infants: still a risk in 2009

  Jennifer M Paterson, Vicky Sheppeard

  440-443

• Antiviral distribution data – a potential syndromic surveillance system to assist pandemic health service operational planning

  Andrew SC Way, David N Durrheim, Tony Merritt, Hassan Vally

  303-309

• Evaluating the utility of Emergency Department syndromic surveillance for a regional public health service

  Kirsty G Hope, Tony D Merritt, David N Durrheim, Peter D Massey, Julie K Kohlhagen, Kerry W Todd, Catherine A D'Eeste

  310-318

• Who gives pertussis to infants? Source of infection for laboratory confirmed cases less than 12 months of age during an epidemic, Sydney, 2009

  Andrew Jardine, Stephen J Conaty, Chris Lowbridge, Jane Thomas, Michael Staff, Hassan Vally

  116-121

• Impact of faxed health alerts on the preparedness of general practitioners during communicable disease outbreaks

  Alexander Rosewell, Mahomed S Patel, Kerri Viney, Andrew Marich, Glenda L Lawrence

  23-28

• A Large point-source outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 9 linked to a bakery in Sydney, March 2007

  Trish Mannes, Leena Gupta, Adam Craig, Alexander Rosewell, Clancy Aimers McGuinness, Jennie Musto, Craig Shadbolt, Brian Biffin

  41-48

• Rotavirus vaccination one year on...

  Daniel A Belshaw, David J Muscatello, Mark J Ferson, Alma Nurkic

  337-340

• Flutracking surveillance: Comparing 2007 New South Wales results with laboratory confirmed influenza notifications

  Sandra J Carlson, Craig B Dalton, Frank A Tuhl, David N Durrheim, John Fejsa, David J Muscatello, J Lynn Francis, Edouard Tursan d'Espaignet

  323-327

• A Community outbreak of meningococcal serogroup B disease in Western Sydney: the challenges of identification and significance

  Andrew Jardine, George Truman, Vicky Sheppeard, Denise Gibbons, Jane Thomas, Kathryn Weston

  221-224

• The Burden of childhood influenza in a tertiary paediatric setting

  David Lester-Smith, Yvonne A Zurynski, Robert Booy, Marino S Festa, Alison M Kesson, Elizabeth J Elliott

  209-215

• Vaccine failures and vaccine effectiveness in children during measles outbreaks in New South Wales, March–May 2006

  Vicky Sheppeard, Bradley Forssman, Mark J Ferson, Conrad Moreira, Sue Campbell-Lloyd, Dominic E Dwyer, Jeremy M McAnulty

  21-26

• Egg-associated Salmonella outbreak in an aged care facility, New South Wales, 2008

  April R Roberts-Witteveen, Brett A Campbell, Tony D Merritt, Peter D Massey, Craig T Shadbolt, David N Durrheim

  49-52

• Outbreak of human metapneumovirus infection in a residential aged care facility

  Maggi Osbourn, Kenneth A McPhie, V Mala Ratnamohan, Dominic E Dwyer, David N Durrheim

  38-40

• Enhanced Q fever risk exposure surveillance may permit better informed vaccination policy

  Peter D Massey, Melissa Irwin, David N Durrheim

  41-45

• Prospective surveillance of excess mortality due to influenza in New South Wales: feasibility and statistical approach

  David J Muscatello, Patricia M Morton, Ingrid Evans, Robin Gilmour

  435-442

• Likely impact of school and childcare closures on public health workforce during an influenza pandemic: a survey

  Craig B Dalton, David N Durrheim, Michael A Conroy

  261-262

• Barmah Forest virus serology: implications for diagnosis and public health action

  Patrick Cashman, Linda Hueston, David Durrheim, Peter Massey, Stephen Doggett, Richard C Russell

  263-266

• The Public health value of emergency department syndromic surveillance following a natural disaster

  Kirsty Hope, Tony Merritt, Keith Eastwood, Kelly Main, David N Durrheim, David Muscatello, Kerry Todd, Wei Zheng

  92-94

• A Norovirus outbreak associated with consumption of NSW oysters: implications for quality assurance systems

  Clare Huppatz, Sally A Munnoch, Tory Worgan, Tony D Merritt, Craig Dalton, Paul M Kelly, David N Durrheim

  88-91

• Pneumonia cluster in a boarding school – implications for influenza control

  Patrick Cashman, Peter Massey, David Durrheim, Fakhrul Islam, Tony Merritt, Keith Eastwood

  296-298

• Meningococcal septicaemia and a case of clinically mild illness

  Danielle M Esler, Peter R Lewis

  232-233

• Salmonella Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary paediatric hospital with person-to-person transmission implicated

  Noore KM Alam, Paul K Armstrong, Oanh TK Nguyen, Alison M Kesson, Terri M Cripps, Stephen J Corbett

  374-378

• Septicaemia secondary to Vibrio vulnificus cellulitis

  Peter R Lewis, Lucy Cook, Janet Drewett-Smith, Adam D McEwen, Linda V Granger

  305-307

• Laboratory surveillance of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in South Australia and the Hunter Health Area, New South Wales, Australia

  Robyn Doyle, Kieda Watson, Leanne E Unicomb, Janice A Lanser, Rolf Wise, Rod Ratcliff, Barry Combs, John Ferguson

  390–391

• Enhanced surveillance of acute hepatitis B in south-eastern Sydney

  Roslyn G Poulos, Mark J Ferson

  392–395

• An outbreak of meningococcal disease in a secondary school - implications for public health practice

  Thaïs A Miles, Peter R Lewis, Lucy Cook, Ken I Bruderlin

  345-347

• Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from humans in the Hunter Region, New South Wales

  John Ferguson, Hemant Sharma, Leanne E Unicomb, Wendy Forbes, Steve Djordjevic, Mary Valcanis, Craig Dalton

  S80-S88

• Investigation and control of a cluster of cases of Legionnaires disease in western Sydney

  Krishna Hort, Julianne Brown, Ronald N Bouwman, Anthony Capon, Narinder Basal, Ian Goldthorpe, Kerry Chant, Subramanyam Vemulpad

  63-66

• Antimicrobial resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae: a decade of results from south-western Sydney

  Iain B Gosbell, Stephen A Neville

  340-343

• A Salmonella Mgulani cluster in New South Wales

  Margaret Lesjak, Valerie Delpech, Mark Ferson, Keira Morgan, Paul Paraskevopoulos, Jeremy McAnulty

  305-306