Other news - December 2014

From September to November, NSW Health issued advice about:

• The dangers of attempting to handle bats, see: Health alert issued with start of bat breeding season
• The importance of cooking pork products - especially liver – properly, see: Warning About Hepatitis E Cases Linked with Pork Liver
• The importance of timely vaccination, see: Parents Urged to Download App which Reminds to Vaccinate

From September to November, the Communicable Diseases Branch reported:

• Invasive meningococcal disease – case reports
• Pertussis – increasing notifications
• Hepatitis A – case reports, including a cluster associated with a wedding in Fiji
• Staphylococcal food poisoning – among a group of tourists
  
• Australian Bat Lyssavirus – Bat breeding season
  
• Ross River Virus – increased monthly notifications and season forecast
  
• Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus – update
• Ebola Virus disease – updates
• Invasive Meningococcal Disease – case reports
  
• Mumps – case reports
• Diphtheria – one case of cutaneous diphtheria
  
• Brucellosis – infections in dogs
• Meningococcal disease – case reports
  
• Human immunodeficiency virus – quarterly report (Q2 – 2014)
• Malaria – cases reports
• Hepatitis E – case report
• Measles – case report
• Sexually transmitted infections – first quarter 2014 data report

See: Infectious diseases