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Acute gastroenteritis associated with seafood privately imported from the Pacific IslandsVanessa Thornton
Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
N Z Med J 115:234-6. 2002..To investigate a potential link between consumption of food privately imported from the Pacific Islands and presentation with acute gastroenteritis to Middlemore Hospital Emergency Department...
Could laboratory-based notification improve the control of foodborne illness in New Zealand?Greg Simmons
Auckland Regional Public Health
N Z Med J 115:237-40. 2002..To estimate the completeness and timeliness of notifications of seven potentially foodborne diseases in Auckland...
A New Zealand outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis linked to the consumption of imported raw Korean oystersGreg Simmons
Population Protection Group, Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Auckland
N Z Med J 120:U2773. 2007..To investigate an outbreak of gastroenteritis that occurred following an international rugby test at Eden Park (Auckland, New Zealand) on 17 June 2006...
A Legionnaires' disease outbreak: a water blaster and roof-collected rainwater systemsGreg Simmons
Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Auckland 1035, New Zealand
Water Res 42:1449-58. 2008..Further research into the ecology of Legionella in roof-collected rain water systems is indicated...
Geographically separate outbreaks of shigellosis in Auckland, New Zealand, linked by molecular subtyping to cases returning from SamoaPhilip C Hill
Public Health Protection, Auckland, District Health Board, Auckland
N Z Med J 115:281-3. 2002..With expanded technological capability, New Zealand could perform routine molecular subtyping of selected organisms to improve the detection and the investigation of regional and inter-regional outbreaks of infection...
Deadly meatballs--a near fatal case of methaemoglobinaemiaAli Khan
Middlemore Hospital, Auckland
N Z Med J 119:U2107. 2006
Latex glove use by food handlers: the case for nonlatex glovesRohan Ameratunga
LabPlus, P O Box 110031, Auckland City Hospital, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland 1148, New Zealand
J Food Prot 71:2334-8. 2008..We review latex allergy and present the case for avoiding latex glove use by food handlers in the food and hospitality industries. Adopting the use of nonlatex gloves has benefits for workers, consumers, and the food industry...
The public hand hygiene practices of New Zealanders: a national surveyClaire Garbutt
Auckland Regional Public Health Service, Auckland
N Z Med J 120:U2810. 2007..To survey hand hygiene practices of the New Zealand public...
The changing epidemiology of food allergy--implications for New ZealandChristine Crooks
Department of Virology and Immunology, LabPlus, Auckland Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
N Z Med J 121:74-82. 2008..This has had several adverse consequences including the lack of public hospital services for patients with severe allergies. In this article we summarise the epidemiological data on FA and discuss the implications for New Zealand...
