New South Wales

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  The first high pathogenicity avian influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.3.4.4b incursions in the Hunter New England region, New South Wales, Australia, June–July 2026

  Emily Gibson, Meg Whitley, Renee Reynolds, Megan Vidler, Kristy Crooks, Peter Murray

• Ratting out leptospirosis: investigation of a revealing urban case associated with socioeconomic disadvantage in Sydney, Australia

  Kate E Lennard, Romeo J Torres, Misha G Klingstrom, Benjamin Knobel, David Andresen, Mark E Westman, Mark J Ferson

• Restaurant-associated campylobacteriosis outbreak likely linked to duck liver pâté

  Emily Gibson, Craig Dalton, Megan Vidler, Peter Murray, Rebecca King, Sarie Wheatland, Megan Whitley, Alan Edwards

• Where the cooling water drifts: an outbreak of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the central business district of Sydney, December 2023 – January 2024

  Ms Eunice Stiboy, Ms Misha Klingstrom, Dr Karen Chee, Prof. Mark J Ferson, Ms Sandra Chaverot, Mr Brian Huang, Mr Toby Hannan, Mr Philip Pershen, Dr Kirsty Hope, Ms Zoe Baldwin, Mr Geoffrey Prendergast, Ms Kristy McCreadie, Ms Anita Smojver, Dr Catherine Pitman, Ms Anna Smith, Ms Keira Glasgow, Prof. Vitali Sintchenko, Dr Geraldine Sullivan, Dr Qinning Wang, Dr Amy E Parry, Dr Jeremy McAnulty, Dr Vicky Sheppeard, Dr Anthea L Katelaris

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Rotavirus vaccination one year on...

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

  337-340

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

  Peter D Massey, Melissa Irwin, David N Durrheim

  41-45

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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