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Risk factors for cholera in Pohnpei during an outbreak in 2000: lessons for Pacific countries and territoriesMartyn D Kirk
OzFoodNet, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australia
Pac Health Dialog 12:17-22. 2005..Improvements in sanitation and hygiene are needed to prevent further cholera epidemics in the Pacific...
A structured framework for improving outbreak investigation auditsCraig B Dalton
Hunter New England Population Health, Longworth Ave, Wallsend, 2287, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:472. 2009....- Obligations to report outbreaks of foodborne disease under the International Health Regulations (2005)Martyn Kirk
Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1440-2. 2008..Under these regulations, 6 (43%) [corrected] of 14 outbreaks would have required notification to the World Health Organization... - Food safety: foodborne disease in Australia: the OzFoodNet experienceMartyn D Kirk
Department of Health and Ageing, OzFoodNet, Office of Health Protection, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Clin Infect Dis 47:392-400. 2008 - Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2003 annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance SystemMegge Miller
Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Commun Dis Intell 29:1-61. 2005..There were 11,113 notifications of vaccine preventable diseases, 6,780 notifications of vectorborne diseases, 1,826 notification of other bacterial infections and 903 notifications of zoonotic diseases... - Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2002: Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance SystemKeflemariam Yohannes
Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra
Commun Dis Intell 28:6-68. 2004..This report also includes 2002 summary data on communicable diseases from other surveillance systems including the Laboratory Virology and Serology Reporting Scheme and sentinel general practitioner schemes... - Monitoring the incidence and causes of diseases potentially transmitted by food in Australia: annual report of the OzFoodNet Network, 2007Kathleen Fullerton
OzFoodNet, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra ACT 2601
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 32:400-24. 2008..These data assist agencies to identify emerging disease, develop food safety policies, and prevent foodborne illness... - OzFoodNet: enhancing foodborne disease surveillance across Australia: quarterly report, January to March 2002Rosie Ashbolt
OzFoodNet, c/o National Public Health Partnership, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Commun Dis Intell 26:430-5. 2002 - Estimating community incidence of Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections, AustraliaGillian Hall
Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1601-9. 2008..Estimation of multipliers allows assessment of the true effects of these diseases and better understanding of public health surveillance... - Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance SystemCharlie Blumer
Surveillance and Epidemiology Section, Department of Health and Ageing, PO Box 9848, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 27:1-78. 2003..In addition, this report comments on other important developments in communicable disease control in Australia in 2001... - Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2000. Annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance SystemMing Lin
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 26:118-203. 2002..In addition this report comments on other important developments in communicable disease control in Australia in 2000... 
Outbreaks of campylobacteriosis in Australia, 2001 to 2006Leanne E Unicomb
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Foodborne Pathog Dis 6:1241-50. 2009..In addition to detection of chicken as a common source of outbreaks, these data highlight the importance of directing policy at commercial premises, aged care facilities, and school camps to reduce Campylobacter disease burden...- Campylobacter outbreak due to chicken consumption at an Australian Capital Territory restaurantAndrew P Black
OzFoodNet Epidemiologist, Health Protection Service, ACT Health, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 30:373-7. 2006..This outbreak highlights the important identified risk for Campylobacter infection from commercially prepared chicken. It also demonstrates the important role of clinicians in notifying disease outbreaks... - Australia's notifiable diseases status, 2004, annual report of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance SystemKeflemariam Yohannes
Surveillance Branch, Office of Health Protection, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Commun Dis Intell 30:1-79. 2006.... - Estimating foodborne gastroenteritis, AustraliaGillian Hall
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 11:1257-64. 2005..This study highlights global public health concerns about foodborne diseases and the need for standardized methods, including assessment of uncertainty, for international comparison... - Risk factors for infection with Campylobacter jejuni flaA genotypesL E Unicomb
OzFoodNet, Hunter New England Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
Epidemiol Infect 136:1480-91. 2008..Based on several clinical criteria, infections due to flaA-2 were more severe than those due to other genotypes. Thus genotype analysis may reveal genotype-specific niches and differences in virulence and transmission routes... - Low-level fluoroquinolone resistance among Campylobacter jejuni isolates in AustraliaLeanne E Unicomb
OzFoodNet, Queensland Health, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia
Clin Infect Dis 42:1368-74. 2006..The Australian government has prohibited the use of fluoroquinolone in food-producing animals. To assess the impact of this policy, we have examined the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates from 5 Australian states... - Serogroup-specific risk factors for Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infection in AustraliaMichelle McPherson
Department of Health, OzFoodNet, South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Clin Infect Dis 49:249-56. 2009..Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important cause of foodborne illness. In Australia, risk factors for STEC infection have not been examined at a national level... - Gastroenteritis and food-borne disease in elderly people living in long-term careMartyn D Kirk
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia
Clin Infect Dis 50:397-404. 2010.... - Surveillance of Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli in AustraliaBarry G Combs
OzFoodNet, South Australian Department of Health, Adelaide, South Australia
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 29:366-9. 2005..32 cases per 100,000 population. The use of culture as a test method may also influence notification rates. Public health agencies must consider the number of specimens tested in interpreting surveillance data... - Foodborne disease outbreaks in Australia, 1995 to 2000Craig B Dalton
Hunter Population Health, University of Newcastle, Wallsend, New South Wales
Commun Dis Intell Q Rep 28:211-24. 2004..This summary demonstrates the serious nature of foodborne disease and supports the move to risk-based food safety interventions focusing on mass catering and hospital and aged care facilities... - Population-attributable risk estimates for risk factors associated with Campylobacter infection, australiaRussell J Stafford
Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Emerg Infect Dis 14:895-901. 2008..Our statistical technique could be applied more widely to other communicable diseases that are subject to routine surveillance... - An outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with an animal nursery at a regional fairRosie H Ashbolt
Commun Dis Intell 27:244-9. 2003..01). This is the first reported outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with an animal nursery in Australia. The outbreak demonstrates the importance of infection control policies and hygiene measures in the animal nursery setting... - Foodborne disease in the new millennium: out of the frying pan and into the fire?Gillian V Hall
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, ACT
Med J Aust 177:614-8. 2002..There are strong seasonal patterns for Salmonella and Campylobacter infection in Australia. Global warming may increase the incidence of infections, such as salmonellosis, and diseases caused by toxins, such as ciguatera... - Prevalence of diarrhoea in the community in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United StatesElaine Scallan
Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J Epidemiol 34:454-60. 2005..Studies in several countries have estimated the prevalence of diarrhoea in the community. However, the use of different study designs and varying case definitions has made international comparisons difficult...