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Health Protection Report
2017 year in review
Mosquito and vector-borne disease
Welcome - Health Protection NSW year in review 2017
Vaccine preventable diseases
Immunisation
Blood borne virus infections and sexually transmissible diseases
Enteric diseases
Influenza
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease
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Mosquito and vector-borne disease
Content 1
Highlights included:
a dramatic increase in
Ross River virus (RRV)
notifications, escalating from the outbreak which commenced in December 2016. This represented the largest RRV outbreak for many years, predominantly affecting southern inland areas of the state, and followed heavy rains and flooding in September 2016
a continued upward trend in
chikungunya virus
notifications, with Bangladesh and India the most common source countries for infection
a moderate decrease in
dengue virus
notifications, with India replacing Indonesia as the most common source country
a moderate increase in
malaria
notifications, with India the most common source country.
Plasmodium falciparum
infections were the most common species identified, and these were mostly associated with travel to countries in Africa.
a marked decrease in
Zika virus
notifications, coinciding with the gradual resolution of large Zika outbreaks in a number of countries
nine detections of exotic mosquitoes (
Aedes aegypti
) at ports of entry in NSW in 2017, down from 12 detections in 2016. NSW Health coordinated the response to prevent the establishment of these exotic species including coordination with agencies, enhanced surveillance, insecticide treatments, vector habitat survey, and management options
an emergency response exercise conducted by the Tweed Shire Council, assessing the collective response to a hypothetical exotic mosquito incursion, exotic mosquito habitat surveys, and public messaging
continuation of the NSW Arbovirus Surveillance and Mosquito Monitoring Program which provides early warning of arbovirus and mosquito activity in NSW to inform mosquito control activities and community education.
For more details see the
2017 Vector-Borne Diseases Annual report
.
Content 2
Current as at: Friday 19 October 2018
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