Summary

These reports provide a weekly summary of communicable diseases notifications, investigations and issues in NSW.

These reports include a summary of notifiable infections for the week as reported to NSW public health units by medical practitioners, hospitals and pathology laboratories.

Week-Year Week ending	Topics
​52-2019 28 December 2019	​Activity report combined with Week 1, 2020.
​51-2019         21 December 2019​	​Recent NSW Health alerts and advice Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​50-2019         14 December 2019	​Measles – second case linked to the Pacific Islands HIV – quarter 3 data report available Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
49-2019          7 December 2019	​Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli and haemolytic uraemic syndrome – one case of HUS Viral gastroenteritis – 40 notified outbreaks Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
48-2019 30 November 2019 ​	​Invasive meningococcal disease – one new case Pertussis – update on seasonal activity Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
47-2019 23 November 2019	​Measles – first importation from Pacific Islands outbreak Listeriosis – two cases, a mother and child Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
46-2019          16 November 2019	​Foodborne methaemoglobinaemia - two cases reported Viral gastroenteritis - elevated hospital presentations and childcare centre outbreaks Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
45-2019          9 November 2019	​Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) – one new case reported Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli – summary of recent cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
44-2019          2 November 2019	​Measles – increased risk from new outbreaks in the Pacific Dengue – continuing risk for overseas travellers Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
43-2019 26 October 2019 ​	​Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease – 2016-2018 NSW Surveillance and Register report Salmonella Weltevreden– recall expanded Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
42-2019 19 October 2019	​Invasive meningococcal disease – two new cases in children Salmonella Weltevreden – outbreak linked to frozen microwave meals
​​​​​​ 41-2019 12 October 2019​​​​​​	​​​Hepatitis E – one new locally-acquired case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​​​ 40-2019 5 October 2019​​​​​	​​​Legionellosis – spring potting mix warning for gardeners ​​Typhoid fever – two new notifications and travel warning Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​​ 39-2019 28 September 2019​​​​​	​​Infectious syphilis – increase in notifications in females ​​Invasive meningococcal disease – two new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​​ 38-2019 21 September 2019​​​​	​HIV – Quarter 2 2019 data report available ​​Measles – four new cases, including two locally acquired Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​​ 37-2019 14 September 2019​​​	Listeriosis – two cases, a mother and child pair ​​Measles – two cases, one local and one imported from New Zealand Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​​ 36-2019 7 September 2019​​	​Measles – five new cases, including three locally-acquired cases Invasive meningococcal disease – six new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​​ 35-2019 31 August 2019​​	​Viral gastroenteritis – elevated institutional outbreaks and hospital visits Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​​ 34-2019 24 August 2019​​	​Measles – three new imported cases Invasive meningococcal disease – three new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 33-2019 17 August 2019​​	​​​​Hepatitis A – two cases and alert to South Korean community Q fever – two cases and Q fever awareness campaign Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 32-2019 10 August 2019​​	​​​Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli – two unrelated cases reported Chikungunya – one new case reported Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
31-2019 3 August 2019​​	​​Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib) – one new case reported Psittacosis – one new case reported Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
30-2019 27 July 2019​	​Invasive meningococcal disease – six new cases in the reporting week NSW STI Strategy 2016 – 2020: January to December 2018 Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
29-2019 20 July 2019	​Viral hepatitis – World Hepatitis Day Hepatitis B and C – 2018 data report available HIV – Innovative NSW strategies feature in global report Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​  28 - 2019​ 13 July 2019	​ Invasive meningococcal disease – two new cases Legionellosis – two new cases Kunjin/West Nile virus – one new case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 27- 2019 6 July 2019	​Ciguatera fish poisoning – two suspected clusters Measles – one traveller infectious in NSW Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 26- 2019 29 June 2019	Hepatitis D – one new case in the reporting week Shigellosis – fourteen new notifications received in the reporting week Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
25- 2019 22 June 2019	​​Invasive meningococcal disease – three new cases in the reporting week Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
24-2019 15 June 2019	​Hendra virus – one new case in a horse Meningococcal disease – one new case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 23-2019​ 8 June 2019	​Shigellosis- nine new cases ​Measles – one new case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW​
22-2019 1 June 2019	Measles – one new imported case Dengue – four new imported cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 21-2019​ 25 May 2019	​​​HIV - Quarter 1 2019 data report available ​Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli and haemolytic uraemic syndrome – new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW​
​ 20-2019​ 18 May 2019	​​Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib)- one new case Invasive meningococcal disease - one new case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW​
​​ 19-2019 11 May 2019​​	Cholera - one new case ​Measles – one new case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 18-2019 04 May 2019​	Listeriosis - two new cases ​Measles – two new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 17-2019 27 April 2019​	Influenza – activity continues to be higher than expected for this time of year. Winter Flu Campaign launch – time to get vaccinated ​Measles – one new case reported Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 16-2019 20 April 2019	Measles – one new case in Western NSW ​Legionellosis – two new cases reported; potting mix warning Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
15-2019 13 April 2019	​​​Rubella – seven cases in 2019 year to date  Leprosy – one notification last reorting period Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
14-2019         06 April 2019	​​Measles – six new cases Hepatitis A – two new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 13-2019 30 March 2019​​​	​Paratyphoid – six new cases Legionellosis – two new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 12-2019 23 March 2019​​	​​​​HIV – Data report - Quarter 4 & Annual 2018 – HIV data report new release Measles – five new cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​​ 11-2019 16 March 2019​	​​​Influenza – high inter-seasonal activity continues World Tuberculosis Day – Sunday 24 March 2019 Viral gastroenteritis - increase in institutional outbreaks Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
​ 10-2019 09 March 2019​	​​Invasive meningococcal disease – one new case Pertussis (Whooping Cough) – summary of NSW cases Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
09-2019 02 March 2019​	​Measles – three new cases Gonorrhoea – rising number of notifications Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
08-2019 23 February 2019	Tetanus – one new case Listeriosis – one new case Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
07-2019 16 February 2019	Leprosy– one new case Salmonella Typhimurium – increasing notifications Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
06-2019 09 February 2019	Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) disease – one new case Measles – one new NSW case and alert for airline passengers Invasive meningococcal disease – case confirmed in an infant Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
05-2019 02 February 2019	Salmonellosis – an increase in the number of notifications Influenza – high out of season activity Botulism –case confirmed in an infant Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
04-2019 26 January 2019	Measles – three new cases reported this week NSW STI strategy 2016 – 2020: January to June 2018 data report NSW Tuberculosis report 2017 Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
03-2019 19 January 2019	Invasive meningococcal disease – one new case reported this week Legionellosis (Legionnaires’ disease) – new cases and Sydney CBD investigation Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
02-2019 12 January 2019	Hepatitis A and typhoid fever - infections in returning travellers Measles – two new cases with eight since Christmas Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW
01-2019 5 January 2018	Measles – three new unrelated measles cases reported Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV) – continuing risk from flying foxes and other bats Summary of notifiable conditions activity in NSW

Past communicable diseases weekly reports

• Reports for 2018
• Reports for 2017
• Reports for 2016
• Reports for 2015
• Reports for 2014
• Reports for 2013